UN Decade of Action on Nutrition, 2016-2025
The UN Decade of Action on Nutrition is a commitment by United Nations Member States to undertake 10 years of sustained and coherent implementation of policies, programmes and increased investments to eliminate malnutrition in all its forms, everywhere, leaving no one behind.
UN Decade of Action on Nutrition, statement by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General
Action Networks
- France and Australia announced the establishment of the Global Action Network on Nutrition Labelling.
- Norway announces the establishment of a sustainable fisheries Action Network
- Member States in the Region of the Americas establish two action networks to contribute to the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition
Philippines' Vice President says coordination of government agencies key to better nutrition
Facts on nutrition
- 690 million people are undernourished
- 2 billion people experience some level of food insecurity
- 144 million children aged under 5 years are stunted
- 47 million children aged under 5 years are wasted
- 38 million children under 5 years are overweight
- The COVID-19 pandemic may add between 83 and 132 million people to the total number of undernourished in the world in 2020
- Over 3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet
- Healthy diets can lead to a reduction of up to 97 percent in direct and indirect health costs and 41–74 percent in the social cost of greenhouse gas emissions in 2030
Deputy Secretary-General of the UN address to the SUN Movement Global Gathering 2017