Hunger's toll = nearly a billion
"Now, in just two years, it’s spread by over 100 million – bringing hunger’s toll to nearly a billion."
Source: United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, The Number of Hungry Rises to 963 Million, December 9, 2008. Accessed on March 13, 2009, http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/8836/