Reshaping the agriculture and food sector for healthier diets Natasha HaywardFelipe F. DizonElizabeth Ludwig-BoryczDwi Sari Puspaningtyas March 27, 2025 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/agfood/reshaping-the-agriculture-and-food-sector-for-healthier-diets We are off track in addressing malnutrition While hunger is making headlines, malnutrition continues to silently affect millions worldwide, undermining their physical and mental capacities and constraining their productivity. Women and children are most at risk. In 2022, over 20 percent of children under five were stunted, increasing mortality and lowering future earnings, while 16 percent of adults were obese, driving up noncommunicable diseases, a growing cause of global deaths.