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| 2008 || {{w|Undernutrition}} || {{w|Micronutrient}} ({{w|mineral deficiency}}) || Statistics || The {{w|World Health Organization}} publishes the Worldwide Prevalence of Anemia 1993–2005, estimating that {{w|anemia}} affects 1.62 billion people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shephard |first1=Mark |title=A Practical Guide to Global Point-of-Care Testing |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=WDmPDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT223&lpg=PT223&dq=nutrient+testing+for+deficiencies+and+diagnosis+purposes+%22in+1900..2017%22&source=bl&ots=eMHf_s20vv&sig=ACfU3U0NtTY2pkeWHHm8RfeszqfRYzdZpg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT5-CK6I7pAhWFA9QKHYUXD8I4ChDoATAGegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=nutrient%20testing%20for%20deficiencies%20and%20diagnosis%20purposes%20%22in%201900..2017%22&f=false}}</ref> || Worldwide
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| 2008 || {{w|Undernutrition}} || General || Study || A study in Bangladesh in reports that rates of malnutrition are higher in female children than male children.<ref name="Factors in Bangladesh">{{cite journal |last1=Khan |first1=MM|author2=Kraemer, A|title=Factors associated with being underweight, overweight and obese among ever-married non-pregnant urban women in Bangladesh|journal=Singapore Medical Journal|date=August 2009|volume=50|issue=8|pages=804–13|pmid=19710981}}</ref> || {{w|Bangladesh}}
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| 2008 || {{w|Undernutrition}} || || Statistics || The {{w|World Health Organization}} estimates that globally, half of all cases of undernutrition in children under five are caused by unsafe water, inadequate {{w|sanitation}} or insufficient hygiene.<ref name=":0">Prüss-Üstün, A., Bos, R., Gore, F., Bartram, J. (2008). [http://www.who.int/quantifying_ehimpacts/publications/saferwater/en/ Safer water, better health – Costs, benefits and sustainability of interventions to protect and promote health]. World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland</ref> || Worldwide
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| 2008 || {{w|Undernutrition}} || General || Organization || {{w|Nourishing USA}} is founded. It consists of a nationwide network of more than 9500 community advocates and {{w|food rescue}} organizations that serves in the United States as well as {{w|Puerto Rico}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nourishing USA’s CEO, Chef Gina Keatley, to Appear on Food Network This Summer |url=https://www.pr.com/press-release/334284 |website=pr.com |accessdate=15 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nourishing USA Founder Gina Keatley Steps Down as CEO-Company appoints Simon Hancock Acting CEO |url=https://www.prlog.org/12061834-nourishing-usa-founder-gina-keatley-steps-down-as-ceo-company-appoints-simon-hancock-acting-ceo.html |website=prlog.org |accessdate=15 December 2019}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2008 || {{w|Undernutrition}} || || Scientific development || A {{w|UNICEF UK}} report finds that the world's poorest and most vulnerable children are being hit the hardest by {{w|climate change}}. The report, ''Our Climate, Our Children, Our Responsibility: The Implications of Climate Change for the World's Children'', says that access to clean water and food supplies will become more difficult, particularly in {{w|Africa}} and {{w|Asia}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122045816/http://www.unicef.org.uk/press/news_detail_full_story.asp?news_id=1120|title=UNICEF UK News:: News item:: The tragic consequences of climate change for the world's children:: April 29, 2008 00:00}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
