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SDG Target 2.2 End all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons
Nutrition is a critical part of health and development. Better nutrition is related to improved infant, child and maternal health, stronger immune systems, safer pregnancy and childbirth, lower risk of non-communicable diseases (such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease), and longevity.
Healthy children learn better. People with adequate nutrition are more productive and can create opportunities to gradually break the cycles of poverty and hunger.
Malnutrition, in every form, presents significant threats to human health. Today the world faces a double burden of malnutrition that includes both undernutrition and overweight, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
Prevalence of stunting (height for age <-2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age
GHO NUTSTUNTINGNUM Stunting numbers among children under 5 years of age (millions) REGIONAL TREEMAP TEMPLATE
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Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age, by type (wasting and overweight)
GHO NUTRITION_WH_2 MAP TEMPLATE
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Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15 to 49 years, by pregnancy status (percentage)
GHO NUTRITION_ANAEMIA_REPRODUCTIVEAGE_PREV MAP TEMPLATE
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Nutrition data and estimates
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Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% weight-for-height >+2 SD)
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Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) (% weight-for-height >+2 SD) (survey-based estimates)
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Stunting prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) (model-based estimates)
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Severe wasting among children under 5 years of age (% weight-for-height <-3 SD) (country survey results)
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Wasting prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% weight-for-height <-2 SD) (country survey results)
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Underweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% weight-for-age <-2 SD) (%) (survey-based estimates)
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Stunting prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% height-for-age <-2 SD)
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Prevalence of anaemia in women of reproductive age (aged 15-49) (%)
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Prevalence of anaemia in non-pregnant women (aged 15-49) (%)
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Prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women (aged 15-49) (%)
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Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6–59 months (%)
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