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Global nutrition targets 2030: topical briefs on maternal, infant and young child nutrition

Recognizing that the world is not on track to meet all of the 2025 global nutrition targets, WHO Member States, during the 78th World Health Assembly in...

Global nutrition targets 2030: child wasting brief

Wasting, or being too thin for one’s age, is defined as a weight-for-height that is more than two standard deviations below the World Health Organization...

Global nutrition targets 2030: breastfeeding brief

Exclusive breastfeeding – defined as the practice of only giving an infant breast-milk for the first 6 months of life (no other food or water) –...

Global nutrition targets 2030: childhood overweight brief

Children aged 0 to 5 years are classified as overweight if their weight-for-length/height or BMI-for-age falls over 2 standard deviations above the median...