Background: To address gaps in coverage and quality of nutrition services, Alive & Thrive (A&T) strengthened the delivery of maternal nutrition interventions through government antenatal care (ANC) services in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Approximately 7.3 million births occur annually among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries.

There is consensus that policy coherence is necessary for implementing effective and sustainable approaches to tackle malnutrition.

Fruit and vegetable consumption is recommended in numerous food-based dietary guidelines and forms a key recommendation in many international statements related to healthy diets.

Background: In response to the high levels of maternal nutrition in Uttar Pradesh, Alive & Thrive (A&T) aimed to strengthen the delivery of nutrition interventions through the government antenatal care platform, including leveraging ongoin

Background: The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may substantially affect health systems, but little primary evidence is available on disruption of health and nutrition services.

Background: Maternal nutrition interventions are inadequately integrated into antenatal care (ANC).

The CGIAR crop improvement (CI) programs, unlike commercial CI programs, which are mainly geared to profit though meeting farmers’ needs, are charged with meeting multiple objectives with target populations that include both farmers and the commun

Background: Climate change presents an increasing challenge for food-nutrition security. Nutrition metrics calculated from quantitative food system projections can help focus policy actions.

The papers and ideas on foresight and trade-off analysis presented in this issue are very timely.

Background: Undernutrition is associated with an elevated risk of mortality among children in low- and middle-income countries.

Uttar Pradesh (UP) is the most populous state with the highest burden of undernutrition in India.

The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) has been used to estimate the impact of scaling up intervention coverage on undernutrition and mortality.

This chapter re-examines Asia’s agricultural and rural transformations in the context of economy-wide structural change.

Interaction within mothers’ social networks can theoretically diffuse messages from interventions and campaigns into norms and practices for infant and young child feeding (IYCF).

High quality fortified premixed cereals can help caregivers meet infants’ nutrient needs after 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding, as complementary foods alongside breastmilk especially where family foods have low nutrient density.

Despite strong policy and program commitment, essential maternal nutrition services are not reaching enough women in many countries.

Eliminating malnutrition is on many countries’ political agendas but knowledge of how enabling environments are created and used is needed.