(THE GIST OF PIB) Child Nutrition Report 2024
(THE GIST OF PIB) Child Nutrition Report 2024
(JUNE-2024)
Child Nutrition Report 2024
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One in four children under age 5 around the world is experiencing severe food poverty, according to the recently released Child Nutrition Report 2024.
About Child Nutrition Report 2024:
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It was released by UNICEF.
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This global report examines the status, trends, inequities and drivers of child food poverty in early childhood, including the impact of global and local food and nutrition crises.
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The report focuses on low and middle-income countries, where most children living in child food poverty reside and on the implications of child food poverty for undernutrition and poor development.
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UNICEF defines child food poverty as children’s inability to access and consume a nutritious and diverse diet in early childhood (i.e., the first five years of life).
Highlights of the 2024 Report:
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One in four children under age 5 around the world (some 27% of children under age 5—or 181 million) is experiencing severe food poverty and is vulnerable to life-threatening malnutrition.
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Over two-thirds of the 181 million young children living in severe food poverty live in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, with 20 countries accounting for 65% of the children living in severe food poverty.
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