Global Nutrition Report 2016 From Promise to Impact Ending Malnutrition by 2030

Few challenges facing the global community today match the scale of malnutrition, a condition that directly affects 1 in 3 people. Malnutrition manifests itself in many different ways: as poor child growth and development; as individuals who are skin and bone or prone to infection; as those who are carrying too much weight or whose blood contains too much sugar, salt, fat, or cholesterol; or those who are deficient in important vitamins or minerals. Malnutrition and diet are by far the biggest risk factors for the global burden of disease: every country is facing a serious public health challenge from malnutrition. The economic consequences represent losses of 11 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) every year in Africa and Asia, whereas preventing malnutrion delivers $16 in returns on investment for every $1 spent. The world’s countries have agreed on targets for nutrition, but despite some progress in recent years the world is off track to reach those targets. This third stocktaking of the state of the world’s nutrition points to ways to reverse this trend and end all forms of malnutrition by 2030.Chapter 1 The New Challenge: End All Forms of Malnutrition by 2030 1Chapter 2 The Global Nutrition Landscape: Assessing Progress 14Chapter 3 Taking Aim: Progress on Setting Nutrition Targets 24Chapter 4 Progress against and Nature of the 2013 N4G Commitments 32Chapter 5 Taking Action: Progress and Challenges in Implementing Nutrition Policies and Programs 44Chapter 6 Accelerating the Contribution that Nutrition’s Underlying Drivers Make to Nutrition Improvements 60Chapter 7 Meeting the Need: Financing to Attain Targets 76Chapter 8 Measuring Progress in Attaining Targets 95Chapter 9 Calls to Action 112Appendix 1 Where Forms of Malnutrition Overlap 116Appendix 2 Rules to Determine Whether Countries Are On or Off Course to Meet Global Goals (in Global Nutrition Report 2015) 117Appendix 3 Methodology for SMART Target Analysis 119Appendix 4 Progress in Meeting Nutrition Status Targets, CHIZURU NISHIDA AND KAIA ENGESVEEN 132Appendix 5 Progress in Meeting Nutrition for Growth Commitments, JESSICA FANZO, CORINNA HAWKES, AND KATHERINE ROSETTIE 134Appendix 6 Underlying Drivers of Nutrition 138BookPRIFPRI1; CRP4; B Promoting healthy food systemsA4NH; PHNDCGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH