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The double burden of malnutrition consists of both undernutrition and overweight and obesity, as well as diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Undernutrition manifests in four broad forms: wasting, stunting, underweight, and micronutrient deficiencies. </p><p>Wasting is defined as low weight-for-height. It often indicates recent and severe weight loss, although it can also persist for a long time. It usually occurs when a person has not had food of adequate quality and quantity and/or they have had frequent or prolonged illnesses. Wasting in children is associated with a higher risk of death if not treated properly. Stunting is defined as low height-for-age. It is the result of chronic or recurrent undernutrition, usually associated with poverty, poor maternal health and nutrition, frequent illness and/or inappropriate feeding and care in early life. Stunting prevents children from reaching their physical and cognitive potential. Underweight is defined as low weight-for-age. A child who is underweight may be stunted, wasted or both.</p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">Micronutrient deficiencies are a lack of vitamins and minerals that are essential for body functions such as producing enzymes, hormones and other substances needed for growth and development.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;"></span></p><div><div class="arrowed-link"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#3c4245;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;"><a target="_blank" href="/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety/covid-19">Learn about Nutrition and Food Safety and COVID-19</a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf_cols singleTabWrapper"> <div class="sf_colsOut tabHeaderWrapper" data-sf-element="Tab header" data-placeholder-label="Tab header"> <div class="sf_colsIn tabHeaderText"> <div class="sf-content-block content-block"> Impact </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf_colsOut tabContent" data-sf-element="Tab contents" data-placeholder-label="Tab contents"> <div class="sf_colsIn"> <p>In 2018, stunting affected an estimated 21.9% or 149 million children under the age of 5 years, while wasting affected 7.3% or 49 million children under the age of 5 years. Around 45% of deaths among children under the age of 5 years are linked to undernutrition. These mostly occur in low- and middle-income countries. At the same time, in these same countries, rates of childhood overweight and obesity are rising. Every country in the world is affected by one or more forms of malnutrition. Combating malnutrition in all its forms is one of the greatest global health challenges.</p><p>Women, infants, children and adolescents are at the highest risk of malnutrition. Optimizing nutrition early in life – including the 1000 days from conception to a child’s second birthday – ensures the best possible start in life, with long-term benefits.</p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">Poverty amplifies the risk of, and risks from, malnutrition. People who are poor are more likely to be affected by different forms of malnutrition. Malnutrition increases health care costs, reduces productivity and slows economic growth, which can perpetuate a cycle of poverty and ill-health.</span><br /></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf_cols singleTabWrapper"> <div class="sf_colsOut tabHeaderWrapper" data-sf-element="Tab header" data-placeholder-label="Tab header"> <div class="sf_colsIn tabHeaderText"> <div class="sf-content-block content-block"> WHO response </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf_colsOut tabContent" data-sf-element="Tab contents" data-placeholder-label="Tab contents"> <div class="sf_colsIn"> <p>WHO works with Member States and partners towards the goal of ending all forms of malnutrition by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals. Meeting this goal is contingent on securing universal access to effective nutrition interventions and to healthy diets from sustainable and resilient food systems. </p><p>To this end, WHO advocates for policies that promote nutrition on a global scale and develop evidence-informed guidance for their implementation. This work is framed by the 2012 World Health Assembly resolution 65.6: Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition. It also contributes to the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016–2025.  Actions to end malnutrition are also vital for achieving the diet-related targets of the Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013–2020, the Global strategy for women’s, children’s, and adolescent’s health 2016–2030, and the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-md-push-1"> <div class="dynamic-content__sidebar"> <div id="dynamic-content__accordion" class="dynamic-content__accordion sf-accordion"> <div class="sf-accordion__panel"><div class="sf-accordion__title"><a href="#" class="sf-accordion__trigger-panel">Fact sheets <span class="sf-accordion__icon"></span></a></div><div class="sf-accordion__content"><ul><li class=""><a href="#"><a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malnutrition" title="Malnutrition">Malnutrition</a></a></li><li class=""><a href="#"><a 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text-underline">Children’s lives threatened by rising malnutrition in the Gaza Strip</p> </div> </a> </div> </div><div class="row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="PageContent_C228_Col00" class="sf_colsIn col-md-6" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>Events</h2> <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/events/overview?healthtopics=aa8d9d5b-152f-470c-9059-a26ca2afc54b">All →</a> </div> <div class="list-view vertical-list sf-events-wrapper sf-events-list vertical-list--image"> <div class="list-view--item vertical-list-item"> <a href="/news-room/events/detail/2024/11/21/default-calendar/stunting-in-focus-challenges-successes-and-a-path-forward-to-2030" class="link-container table event-table" aria-label="Stunting in focus: challenges, successes, and a path forward to 2030" role="link"> <div class="table-cell"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="/images/default-source/departments/anaemia/mother-and-son-north-darfur.tmb-768v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=890a37c8_7" style="background-image: url('/images/default-source/departments/anaemia/mother-and-son-north-darfur.tmb-131v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=890a37c8_7')"></div> </div> </div> <div class="table-cell info"> <p class="heading text-underline">Stunting in focus: challenges, successes, and a path forward to 2030</p> <span class="timestamp"> <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> 21 November 2024 12:00 – 13:30 CET </span> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item vertical-list-item"> <a href="/news-room/events/detail/2024/11/20/default-calendar/addressing-low-birth-weight-challenges-and-a-way-forward-to-2030" class="link-container table event-table" aria-label="Addressing low birth weight: challenges and a way forward to 2030" role="link"> <div class="table-cell"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" 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class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/emergencies/20220426_north_darfur_26.tmb-768v.jpg?sfvrsn=c395d3a7_6" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/emergencies/20220426_north_darfur_26.tmb-131v.jpg?sfvrsn=c395d3a7_6')"></div> </div> </div> <div class="table-cell info"> <p class="heading text-underline">Wasting in focus: challenges, successes, and a path forward to 2030</p> <span class="timestamp"> <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> 19 November 2024 12:00 – 13:00 CET </span> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div id="PageContent_C228_Col01" class="sf_colsIn col-md-6" data-sf-element="Column 2" data-placeholder-label="Column 2"> <div class="section-heading"> <p>Our work</p> </div> <div class="mdc-card mdc-card--horizontal" role="article"> <div class="mdc-card__primary-action "> <a href="/initiatives/decade-of-action-on-nutrition" class="link" rel="noopener" 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The Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates (JME)... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/379080/9789240100190-eng.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/publications/i/item/9789240100190" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/377755/9789240094383-eng.pdf.jpg?sequence=4" alt="Guidance for monitoring healthy diets globally" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>21 June 2024</span> </div> <a href="/publications/i/item/9789240094383"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Guidance for monitoring healthy diets globally</h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>Monitoring of dietary intake at national and global levels is becoming increasingly important with the changing food systems and diets. Better measurement... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/377755/9789240094383-eng.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/publications/i/item/9789240094383" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/376075/9789240082830-eng.pdf.jpg?sequence=6" alt="WHO guideline on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (‎acute malnutrition)‎ in infants and children under 5 years" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>29 December 2023</span> </div> <a href="/publications/i/item/9789240082830"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">WHO guideline on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (‎acute malnutrition)‎... </h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>This guideline provides global, normative, evidence-informed recommendations and good practice statements on the prevention and management of wasting and... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/376075/9789240082830-eng.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/publications/i/item/9789240082830" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/376347/9789240086661-eng.pdf.jpg?sequence=4" alt="Harmonizing and mainstreaming the measurement of healthy diets: technical expert meeting, Bellagio, Italy, 28 November-2 December 2022" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>1 December 2023</span> </div> <a href="/publications/i/item/9789240086661"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Harmonizing and mainstreaming the measurement of healthy diets: technical expert meeting, Bellagio, Italy,... </h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>With rapidly changing diets, the burden of disease due to the consumption of unhealthy diets is a worldwide concern. Assessment and monitoring of diets... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/376347/9789240086661-eng.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/publications/i/item/9789240086661" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="PageContent_C222_Col00" class="sf_colsIn col-md-6" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>Other document</h2> </div> <div class="sf-publications"> <div class="sf-publications-list sf-publications-list__highlighted row"> <div class="sf-publications-wide sf-publications-item__highlighted sf-publications-item__highlighted-unique"> <div class="sf-publications-wide__container"> <figure 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src="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/infographics/malnutrition/global-action-plan-childwasting.tmb-144v.jpg?sfvrsn=782d659_5" alt="" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-wide__body"> <div class="sf-publications-wide__header"> <div class="sf-publications-wide__date"> <span>9 March 2020</span> </div> <a href="https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/global-action-plan-on-child-wasting-a-framework-for-action"> <h3 class="sf-publications-wide__title">Global action plan on child wasting: a framework for action to accelerate progress... </h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-wide__description"> </div> <div class="sf-publications-wide__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-wide__file"> <div class="button button-blue-background " ><a href=https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/nutritionlibrary/publications/malnutrition/global-action-plan-child-wasting_58c36b82-d381-41c8-96f8-19332a8ea168.pdf?sfvrsn=79760143_3&download=true aria-label="Download" 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data-image="/images/default-source/departments/nutrition/images/nutrition-friendly-school.tmb-768v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=2be06fa5_2" style="background-image: url('/images/default-source/departments/nutrition/images/nutrition-friendly-school.tmb-549v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=2be06fa5_2')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> <span class="timestamp">25 October 2017</span> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Malnutrition: It’s about more than hunger</p> <div class="description"> <p>Francesco Branca</p> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/double-duty-actions-for-ending-malnutrition-within-a-decade" class="link-container" aria-label="Double-duty actions for ending malnutrition within a decade" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/imported/malnutrition-afghanistan-jpg.tmb-768v.jpg?sfvrsn=e4a56fb9_44" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/imported/malnutrition-afghanistan-jpg.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=e4a56fb9_44')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> <span class="timestamp">19 May 2017</span> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Double-duty actions for ending malnutrition within a decade</p> <div class="description"> <p>Francesco Branca, Alessandro R Demaio, Corinna Hawkes</p> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div id="PageContent_C229_Col01" class="sf_colsIn col-md-4" data-sf-element="Column 2" data-placeholder-label="Column 2"> <div class="section-heading"> <p>Fact file</p> <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures">All →</a> </div> <div class="list-view vertical-list"> <div class="list-view--item vertical-list-item vertical-list-item--hightlight-image"> <a 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alt="stunting-in-a-nutshell-chapter1" style="display: none;" /> </figure> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__body"> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__date">14 October 2015</div> <h3 class="sf-multimedia-item__heading">Stunting in a nutshell - Chapter 1. Stunted growth: what is it?</h3> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__actions"> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__url"> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="sf-multimedia-item sf-multimedia-item__video col-md-3 col-xs-6"> <a class="sf-multimedia-item__container" href="/multi-media/details/stunting-in-a-nutshell-chapter2"> <span class="sf-multimedia-item__link page-url play-button"></span> <figure class="sf-multimedia-item__figure" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/infographics/malnutrition/stunting-in-a-nutshell-chapter2.tmb-549v.png?sfvrsn=525106d4_5');" role="img" aria-label="stunting-in-a-nutshell-chapter2" title="stunting-in-a-nutshell-chapter2"> <img src="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/infographics/malnutrition/stunting-in-a-nutshell-chapter2.tmb-549v.png?sfvrsn=525106d4_5" alt="stunting-in-a-nutshell-chapter2" style="display: none;" /> </figure> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__body"> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__date">14 October 2015</div> <h3 class="sf-multimedia-item__heading">Stunting in a nutshell - Chapter 2. 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