Mothers and children hold the key to better global nutrition
In the past 20 years, malnutrition in mothers and children has decreased by almost half. But despite this progress, child undernutrition is still the greatest nutrition-related health burden in the world.
Nurturing and nourishing children in the first 1 000 days
One of the biggest problems with child undernutrition is that it continues the cycle of stunting: stunted girls grow up to be stunted mothers, and stunted mothers are much more likely to have low birth-weight children. Although the prevalence of stunting in children has declined globally from 40 % to 25 %, more needs to be done.
The same can be said for the cycle of poverty: children who are undernourished do not do as well in school, which leads to fewer job and income opportunities.