Global Nutrition Report 2015

Launched 9 September 2015, the Global Nutrition Report argues that ending malnutrition in all its forms will drive sustainable development forward, arguing that this point needs to be emphasized more strongly in efforts to achieve and monitor the Sustainable Development Goals. Although a great deal of progress is being made in reducing malnutrition, it is still too slow and too uneven, while some forms of malnutrition, namely adult overweight and obesity, are actually increasing. Concrete action to address malnutrition, backed by financing, is being scaled up—but not nearly enough to meet the 2025 World Health Assembly (WHA) targets or the SDG target of ending malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. Commitment to and financing for nutrition will need to be ramped up significantly if we are to meet these eminently reachable global targets. A virtuous circle of improved nutrition and sustainable development can be unleashed if action to address malnutrition in all its forms can be embedded within key development sectors. The accountability of all nutrition stakeholders needs to improve if this virtuous circle between sustainable development and nutrition is to be fully realized. Significant reductions in malnutrition—in all its forms—are possible by 2030.