Reducing urban-rural gaps in child health is one of the most difficult challenges faced by many countries.

Agricultural support policies cost more than US$800 billion per year in transfers to the farm sector worldwide.

China's economy has developed rapidly in recent years, achieved historic reductions in poverty, and has met the ambitious goal of creating a moderately prosperous society.

In recent decades, agricultural support policies in many countries have played an active role in promoting food production and reducing hunger and poverty.

Remarkable achievements in global food security have been made in the past several decades. Food production has grown significantly and outpaced the population growth.

Following the initial COVID-19 outbreak in Hubei Province in late 2019, starting in late January 2020 the Chinese government imposed draconian lockdown measures across the country to control the spread of the disease (Fang, Wang, and Yang 2020).

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With rapid improvements in agricultural productivity and residents’ income, China has made remarkable advances in reducing hunger and malnutrition, as well as quality improvements in residents’ diets, witnessed by the progressively increasing cons

Existing empirical evidence suggests that the prevalence of undernutrition in remote and poor, rural areas is still high among Chinese children.

Reducing urban-rural gaps in child health and nutrition is one of the most difficult challenges faced by many countries.

Little evidence from developing countries on dietary transition demonstrates the effects of comprehensive childhood obesity interventions on dietary diversity and food variety among younger children.

Since the beginning of the outbreak in late December, food prices have remained stable in Wuhan, in Hubei province — and in fact, all over China.

The coronavirus pandemic has sparked not only a health crisis but also an economic crisis, which together pose a serious threat to food security, particularly in poorer countries.