The United Nations is estimating 18,000 children are dying every day because of hunger and malnutrition. The head of the World Food Program, James Morris, said: “This is a shameful fact — a terrible indictment of the world in 2007.” The largest numbers of malnourished children are in India and China. Morris said the hunger crisis has been caused in part by the growing number of natural disasters around the world. According to the World Bank, natural disasters have increased fourfold over the last 30 years.