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Nutrition

Kids smiling after their lunch in a kindergarten which is supported by UNICEF Mongolia’s nutrition programme in Nalaikh, district Ulaanbaatar
Programme
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.
Press release
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
Campaign
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
Press release
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.
Campaign
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.
Blog post
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
Report
06 July 2022
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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A boy boy is being measured with a MUAC tape
Blog post
06 July 2022
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,
Report
11 May 2022
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
Report
11 May 2022
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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