"Widespread starvation" means that a lot of people in a particular area or country do not have enough food to eat, and they are suffering from hunger. Full definition
The increased risk of hyperglycemia associated with prenatal exposure to famine is also passed down to the next generation, according to a new study of hundreds of families affected by widespread starvation in mid-20th Century China. (sciencedaily.com)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University]-- The increased risk of hyperglycemia associated with prenatal exposure to famine is also passed down to the next generation, according to a new study of hundreds of families affected by widespread starvation in mid-20th Century China. (news.brown.edu)
Churchill was ruthless about food and shipping, and the author condemns his decision not to divert supplies to prevent widespread starvation in Bengal in 1943 - 44, although she acknowledges that local officials were partly to blame. (totalpolitics.com)