Why did the UN thought hunger made people work more effectively?

That is the stupidest thing I have ever read in decades.
https://news.yahoo.com/un-deletes-satirical-article-benefits-173242772.html

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Rhode57 · 56-60, M

What a load of bollocks . Any idiot knows hunger makes you ill and weak so how is that gonna make you work harder . What cotton brained twat wrote that .

AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M

@Rhode57 you’re confusing hunger w starvation I think .