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Halfway through the Sustainable Development Goals timeline, the world is not on track to meet the target of ending malnutrition by 2030. (Ben Curtis/AP Photo, File)

November 22, 2023

Wasting and edema — severe forms of malnutrition — affect millions of children worldwide as food insecurity grows

Allison Daniel, University of British Columbia

As global acute food insecurity increases, severe wasting — which already affects 13.6 million children — is expected to rise with it. Treating wasting requires specialized nutrition and medical care.

In the last three decades, the world has made considerable progress in reducing child malnutrition, but there is still work to do. (Shutterstock)

June 7, 2022

Ending child hunger and food insecurity needs to be a top priority in Canada as well as globally

Tina Moffat, McMaster University

Child malnutrition is no stranger to high-income countries. In Canada and the U.S., food insecurity affects one in six children under 18, but policies to address the issue are still lacking.

Nigeria’s northern region has a disproportionate number of malnourished children. TEFAN HEUNIS/AFP via Getty Images

July 25, 2021

Malnutrition among children is rife in Nigeria. What must be done

Blessing Akombi-Inyang PhD, MPH, UNSW Sydney

Nutrition for kids is key to achieving economic development.

Kenya’s nutrition plan has resulted in dramatic improvements in its nutrition targets. Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

October 30, 2015

Lessons other countries can learn from Kenya’s ambitious nutrition plan

Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, African Population and Health Research Center

Over the last three years Kenya has seen marked improvements in its nutrition-related targets as a result of a national nutrition plan it has implemented.

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