The issue of nutrition had an important moment in the spotlight in 2013.

The actions and activities of businesses have a profound effect on nutrition outcomes.

This chapter begins by asking how much governments currently spend on nutrition.

As described in the preceding chapter, food systems link agriculture, environmental sustainability, and nutrition.

Good nutrition signals the realization of people’s rights to food and health. It reflects a narrowing of the inequalities in our world. Without good nutrition, human beings cannot achieve their full potential.

Given the widespread effects that climate change is projected to have on the world’s most vulnerable people—and indeed the effects that are already underway—climate change features strongly in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): specifically

The Global Nutrition Report (GNR) provides a global profile and country profiles on nutrition for each of the United Nations’ 193 member states, and includes specific progress for each country.

A boa nutrição é o sustentáculo do bem-estar humano. Boa nutrição antes do nascimento e ao longo da infância permite que o cérebro funcione e evolua sem problemas e que os sistemas imunológicos se desenvolvam com mais vigor.

Una buena nutrición es la piedra angular del bienestar humano ya que, antes del nacimiento y durante toda la infancia, permite que el funcionamiento del cerebro evolucione sin deficiencias y que los sistemas inmunológicos se desarrollen con solide

Une alimentation équilibrée est le socle sur lequel repose le bien-être humain. avant la naissance et pendant la petite enfance, elle favorise une évolution saine du cerveau et un développement plus solide du système immunitaire.

First in an annual series that provides a global profile and country profiles on nutrition for each of the UN’s 193 member states