CONTENTS


Supplementary Online Materials ........................................................................................................................................ ix Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................................................... x Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................................................... xii Executive Summary ..........................................................................................................................................................xiii


Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6


Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9


Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................2 Nutrition Is Central to Sustainable Development .............................................................................................7 Progress toward the World Health Assembly Nutrition Targets Is Too Slow ......................................................15 The Coexistence of Different Forms of Malnutrition Is the “New Normal” .......................................................22 The Coverage of Nutrition-Specific Interventions Needs to Improve ...............................................................29


Interventions Addressing the Underlying Determinants of Nutrition Status Are Important, but They Need to Be More Nutrition Sensitive ...............................................................................................38


The Enabling Environment Is Improving, but Not Quickly Enough ..................................................................47 The Need to Strengthen Accountability in Nutrition .......................................................................................56 What Are the Priorities for Investment in Improved Nutrition Data? ..............................................................67 Chapter 10 Key Messages and Recommendations ...........................................................................................................71


Appendix 1 The Nutrition Country Profile: A Tool for Action ............................................................................................75 Appendix 2 Which Countries Are on Course to Meet Several WHA Targets? ......................................................................77 Appendix 3 Which Countries Are on Course for Which WHA Targets? ...............................................................................79 Appendix 4 Donor Spending on Nutrition-Specific and Nutrition-Sensitive Interventions and Programs ......................................... 84 Appendix 5 How Accountable Is the Global Nutrition Report? ..........................................................................................86 Appendix 6 Availability of Data for Nutrition Country Profile Indicators ..........................................................................88 Notes ...............................................................................................................................................................................91 References .......................................................................................................................................................................95


PANELS Panel 1.1


Panel 2.1 Panel 2.2 Panel 2.3 Panel 2.4 Panel 4.1


Types of Nutrition Investment ........................................................................................................................4 Lawrence Haddad


Nutrition and the Sustainable Development Goals—No Room for Complacency ............................................11 Michael Anderson


Some New Data from India: What If? ...........................................................................................................12 Lawrence Haddad, Komal Bhatia, and Kamilla Eriksen


How Did Maharashtra Cut Child Stunting? .....................................................................................................13 Lawrence Haddad


Can Improving the Underlying Determinants of Nutrition Help Meet the WHA Targets? ..................................14 Lisa Smith and Lawrence Haddad


Malnutrition in the United States and United Kingdom ..................................................................................25 Jessica Fanzo


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