Infant nutrition
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Midwife showing a woman how to breastfeed her newborn baby, Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital in Brunei.
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Infant nutrition

    News

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    26 March 2025
    Departmental update

    United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016–2025) extended to 2030
    28 July 2023
    Departmental update

    Leadership Dialogue on Food Systems for People’s Nutrition and Health
    7 July 2023
    Departmental update

    WHO and UNICEF release toolkit to help countries protect children from harmful food marketing
    8 February 2023
    Departmental update

    Experts call for clampdowns on exploitative formula milk marketing in new Lancet series

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    Policies and interventions to create healthy school food environments: WHO guideline
    27 January 2026

    Policies and interventions to create healthy school food environments: WHO guideline

    Children spend a large share of their day in school, making it a critical setting for shaping lifelong dietary habits and reducing health and nutrition...

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    Global nutrition targets 2030: topical briefs on maternal, infant and young child nutrition
    22 October 2025

    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...

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    Global nutrition targets 2030: breastfeeding brief
    22 October 2025

    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) –...

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    Global nutrition targets 2030: low birth weight brief
    22 October 2025

    Global nutrition targets 2030: low birth weight brief

    Low birth weight is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as weight at birth less than 2500 g (5.5 lb). Low birth weight continues to be a significant...

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