Improving child nutrition : the achievable imperative for global progress.
UNICEF.
"UNICEF's 2009 report Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition drew attention to the impact of high levels of undernutrition on child survival, growth and development and their social and economic toll on nations. It described the state of nutrition programmes worldwide and argued for improving and expanding delivery of key nutrition interventions during the critical 1,000-day window covering a woman's pregnancy and the first two years of her child's life, when rapid physical and mental development occurs. This report builds on those earlier findings by highlighting new developments and demonstrating that efforts to scale up nutrition programmes are working, benefiting children in many countries."--Page 1.
"April 2013"--Page opposite title page.
"United Nations Publication Sales No.: E.13.XX,4".
Includes bibliographical references (p. 52-54).
1. Introduction -- 2. Causes and consequences of undernutrition -- 3. Current status of nutrition -- 4. Interventions to address stunting and other forms of undernutrition -- 5. It can be done: success stories in scaling up nutrition -- 6. New developments in global partnerships -- 7. The way forward.
"UNICEF's 2009 report Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition drew attention to the impact of high levels of undernutrition on child survival, growth and development and their social and economic toll on nations. It described the state of nutrition programmes worldwide and argued for improving and expanding delivery of key nutrition interventions during the critical 1,000-day window covering a woman's pregnancy and the first two years of her child's life, when rapid physical and mental development occurs. This report builds on those earlier findings by highlighting new developments and demonstrating that efforts to scale up nutrition programmes are working, benefiting children in many countries."--Page 1.
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