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WHO Member States have endorsed the Global Nutrition Targets for improving maternal, infant, and young child nutrition to alleviate the double burden of malnutrition in children, starting from the earliest stages of development and which may be used to measure achievements and to develop accountability frameworks.



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Interlinkages among the nutritional outcome targets and operational targets



2030 Outcome indicator targets

  • Reduce the number of children under five who are stunted by 40%
  • Reduce anaemia in women of reproductive age by 50%
  • Reduce low birth weight in infants by 30%
  • Reduce and maintain childhood overweight to less than 5%
  • Increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months up to at least 60%
  • Reduce and maintain childhood wasting to less than 5%

2030 Proposed Operational targets

  • Increase the percentage of children aged 6 to 23 months with minimum dietary diversity by 20%
  • Increase the percentage of women with minimum dietary diversity by 30%
  • Increase the percentage of pregnant women consuming at least 90 doses of iron-containing supplements by 50%
  • Decreased the percentage of children aged 6 to 23 months consuming sweet beverages on the previous day by 25%
  • Increase the percentage of newborns being put to the breast in the first hour after birth by 25%
  • Increase the percentage of caregivers counselled on infant and young child feeding by 65%
  • Outcome Indicators, %%COUNTRY%%

    Status of Nutrition Outcome Indicators (latest available)

    Stunting in children under five (%)

    Anaemia in women (15-49 years), by pregnancy status (%)

    Low birthweight (%)

    Overweight in children under five years (%)

    Exclusive breastfeeding (%)

    Wasting in children under five years (%)

    School-age children and adolescent obesity (%)

    Adult obesity (18+ years)

    Operational targets (under consideration), %%COUNTRY%%

    Status of Nutrition Operational Indicators (latest available)

    Minimum diet diversity in children 6-23 months (%)

       Minimum dietary diversity for women (%)

    Iron-containing supplement consumption during pregnancy (%)

       Sweets beverage consumption in children 6-23 months (%)

    Early initiation of breastfeeding (%)

       Counselling on infant & young child feeding (%)

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    Glossary and definitions

                 
    Stunting in children under five years

    Prevalence of stunting (height-for-age <-2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age.

    Anaemia in women 15-49 years (pregnant and non- pregnant)

    Percentage of women aged 15−49 years with a haemoglobin concentration less than 120 g/L for non-pregnant women and lactating women, and less than 110 g/L for pregnant women, adjusted for altitude and smoking.

    Low birthweight

    Percentage of newborns weighing less than 2 500 g (less than 5.51 lbs) at birth.

    Overweight in children under five years

    Prevalence of overweight (weight for height >+2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age.

    Exclusive breastfeeding

    Proportion of infants 0–5 months of age (0 to < 6 months) who are fed exclusively with breast milk.

    Wasting in children under five years

    Prevalence of wasting (weight for height <-2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age.

    School-age children and adolescent obesity

    Percentage of school-age children and adolescents with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 2 standard deviations above the median, according to the WHO references for school-age children and adolescents.

    Adult obesity

    Percentage of adults aged 18+ years with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or higher.

    Minimum dietary diversity in children 6 to 23 months

    Percentage of children 6–23 months of age who consumed foods and beverages from at least five out of eight defined food groups during the previous day.

    Minimum dietary diversity for women

    Percentage of women consuming at least five out of ten food groups on the previous day.

    Iron-containing supplement consumption during pregnancy

    Percentage of pregnant women consuming at least 90 doses of iron-containing supplements.

    Sweets beverage consumption in children 6-23 months

    Percentage of children aged 6 to 23 months consuming sweet beverages.

    Early initiation of breastfeeding

    Proportion of children born in the last 24 months who were put to the breast within one hour of birth.

    Counselling on infant & young child feeding

    Percent of Caregivers counselled on infant and young child feeding.

    Data Sources

     
    Global Health Observatory

    WHO. Global Health Observatory (https://www.who.int/data/gho), Extracted 5 March 2025.

    National survey data

    The Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS) (https://dhsprogram.com/)

    Infant and Young Child Feeding Data

    UNICEF Global Databases (data.unicef.org)

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