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

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

As we move into the era of the sustainable development goals (SDGS), the world faces many seemingly intractable problems. Malnutrition should not be one of them.

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.

To hold governments and other national stakeholders accountable for their actions to improve nutrition, it is critical to track their progress in implementing interventions, programs, and policies.

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

Accountability is the glue that connects commitment to action, and so strengthening it is a priority.

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