The article that is based on UNICEF analysis and report mostly covers the information about the role of better diet in normal thrive of small children. According to the Fed to Fail? The crisis of children’s diets in early life – released ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit, warns that rising poverty, inequality, conflict, climate-related disasters, and the COVID-19 pandemic, are contributing to an ongoing nutrition crisis among the world’s youngest.
Moreover, the report represents the following important results:
- Children in urban areas are significantly more likely to have better diets than their counterparts in rural and poorer areas.
- Half of the children aged 6-23 months are being fed the minimum recommended number of meals a day, while just a third consume the minimum number of food groups they need to thrive.
- The negative effect of the pandemic on how families feed their children while continues to disrupt essential services and drives more families into poverty.
- Children aged 6-23 months living in rural areas or from poorer households are significantly more likely to be fed poor diets compared to their urban or wealthier peers.
- The negative consequences of moving families to the cities, a shift of food diet, and problems in physical access
Besides these, the record calls for governments, donors, civil society organizations, and development actors to work hand-in-hand to transform food, health, and social protection systems by offering certain key actions.
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