In the USA more than one in five children live in households that struggle to put food on the table.
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/05/29/491443/un-report-child-poverty/?mobile=nc
Someday history is going to be amazed that (either one of the) contestants presidential race cost over a billion dollars, the first lady is campaigning against obesity, and wealth in countries was defined by not how many people are starving but how many people have 2 or more cars, multiple bathrooms, 60 inch tvs, multiple computers, (expensive cameras :), 10 pairs of shoes, etc, etc, etc.