The Global Nutrition Report 2015 is a report card on the world’s nutrition—globally, regionally, and
country by country—and on efforts to improve it. It assesses countries’ progress in meeting global
nutrition targets established by the World Health Assembly. It documents how well countries, aid
donors, NGOs, businesses, and others are meeting the commitments they made at the major
Nutrition for Growth summit in 2013. And it spells out the actions that proven effective in combating
malnutrition in all its forms.
The 2015 report makes it clear that global progress to reduce malnutrition has been slow and uneven.
Nearly half of all countries face multiple serious burdens of malnutrition such as poor child growth,
micronutrient deficiency, and adult overweight and obesity. No country is on track to achieve the
global nutrition targets established by the World Health Assembly.
The second in an annual series, the Global Nutrition Report 2015 also highlights the critical
relationship between climate change and nutrition, as well as the pivotal role business can play in
advancing nutrition. It considers how countries can build food systems that are more nutrition friendly
and sustainable. Read more.
