and research—explain why. This year’s report is the first to also look forward a year, offering analysis of the potential … opportunities and challenges that we will face in achieving food and nutrition security in 2015. …

At the 2013 Nutrition for Growth Summit in London, 96 signatories (governments, civil society organizations, donors …, United Nations’ agencies, and businesses) agreed to support the creation of an annual report on global nutrition that would … report, the Global Nutrition Report 2014, puts a spotlight on worldwide progress by the 193 member countries of the United …

Good nutrition is the bedrock upon which to build healthy lives, strong and resilient livelihoods, and thriving … economies. In its absence, their construction takes place on quicksand. Stunted children fail to grow and develop properly, with … intergenerational transmission of poverty. Malnutrition corrodes the body, the economy, and the future. Ambitions for sustainable …