SDG 2: Zero Hunger
Updated: 30 September 2022

Manuela Leporesi
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- People who do not get enough nutritious food, such as fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts and whole grains, milk, meat and fish, are more likely to get ill
- People who are unable to eat a variety of good food may suffer from certain conditions such as under nutrition or malnutrition
- It is more difficult for a person to earn money through work when they are hungry
- Other nations should help if a country cannot end hunger on its own
- There are human rights related to hunger, for example:
- Right to adequate food
- International cooperation (this means states work together and with other partners such as civil society and global agencies)
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All →Report of the 11th Meeting of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, 10–12 June 2025
Accelerating progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals
Framework to implement a life course approach in practice
Joint evaluation of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All: Report
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All →Joint evaluation of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (SDG3-GAP): Management response
Joint Evaluability Assessment of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (2020): Management response update
Joint Evaluability Assessment of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (2020): Management response
Joint Evaluability Assessment of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (2020): Report
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