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Kids smiling after their lunch in a kindergarten which is supported by UNICEF Mongolia’s nutrition programme in Nalaikh, district Ulaanbaatar

14 December 2017

Nutrition

Unlocking children’s potential

Photo of a 1 year-old boy who lives in Dili Municipality, Timor-Leste. He is photographed with healthy food. He likes to eat fruits, like papaya, banana and apple. And fish is his favorite meals, green vegetable, carrots.

27 February 2023

Young people demand healthier food environments in East Asia and the Pacific

Young people co-create and launch a campaign to support UNICEF’s ‘Fix My Food’ initiative for healthier food environments for children in the region

Fix My Food Campaign Banner

22 February 2023

Fix My Food!

Join the movement to become an advocate for a healthier food environment

A woman holds her two-year-old son while cooking in the kitchen of her home in a slum area of North Jakarta, Indonesia

24 January 2023

As the pace of urbanization quickens in Asia-Pacific, so too does the threat of urban food insecurity – UN agencies report

Lisnawati holds her 8-month-old daughter Adifa at home in Bogor, West Java Province, Indonesia. Adifa recently recovered from severe wasting after she participated in a study on the efficiency and acceptability of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) produced locally in Indonesia.

15 September 2022

The faces of child wasting

A series of videos from Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Philippines

A Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) case was measured by health worker in Ha Tinh’s commune health center.

15 September 2022

Wasting in East Asia and the Pacific region

Wasting, also known as acute malnutrition, is when a child’s weight is too low for his or her height.

A boy eating fruits, like papaya, banana and apple

Safeguarding Children’s Access to Good Diets, Services

The unprecedented global social and economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has brought grave risks to young children’s nutritional status

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Download the report (PDF, 2 MB)

A boy boy is being measured with a MUAC tape

Wasting – Simplifying Detection during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Wasting is when a child is too thin for their height. It is caused by a lack of nutritious food and repeated disease

Sakha, 8 months, holds an orange at his home in Pasung Village, Klaten, Central Java Province, Indonesia,

ASEAN Food and Nutrition Security Report 2021

We know that poor nutrition in infancy has a lifelong impact that affects children's development, education, and health as they grow up.

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ASEAN Food and Nutrition Security Report 2021 - Volume 1 (PDF, 4 MB)

ASEAN Food and Nutrition Security Report 2021 - Volume 2 (PDF, 10 MB)

Bun,1, is being fed complimentary foods in Mokkachok village, Bokeo province, Laos

Guidelines and Minimum Standards

This document outlines the essential strategies, interventions and approaches that countries should include at a minimum in a comprehensive infant and young

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English (PDF, 5 MB)