Background Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their...
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child malnutrition
Importance The introduction of solid or semisolid foods alongside breast milk plays a vital role in meeting nutritional requirements during early childhood, which is crucial for child...
Safeguarding the nutrition of vulnerable children, women, families and communities in the context of polycrisis. The report was developed through a partnership between UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP)...
This IPC analysis of Acute Malnutrition specifically focuses on 25 refugee camps and six host villages around camps of Chad. In 2024, over 58,000 children under...
Nutrition and Behaviour Change Communication strategies were participatorily developed to guide nutrition interventions and communication that enhances community awareness and capacity to increase access to and consumption of healthy...
WFP Indonesia conducted a study to identify factors that have had a positive and/or negative impact on the consumption of healthy diets by girls and boys ages 6–12 enrolled...
Despite significant economic growth, child development outcomes in India remain poor. Using a large-scale experiment in which randomly-selected mothers receive cash transfers for the first...
In Bhutan, WFP partners with the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), the Ministry of Health (MoH), and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL) to create an enabling environment for healthier school...
Between November 2023 to October 2024 nearly 400,000 children aged 6 to 59 months are facing or expected to face acute malnutrition, including nearly...
The overall nutrition situation has improved. There are about 847,000 children under five facing acute malnutrition which is a reduction of about 14.5 percent...