Putting Nutrition on the Plate: A Call to Action for Child-Lens Investors

By:
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Criterion Institute, UNICEF
Date:
2024
Resource type:
Blogs/news/opinion
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This report argues for integrating child nutrition into investment decisions, highlighting economic, social, and health benefits. It defines child-lens investing as an approach that prioritizes children’s health, education, and development, emphasizing that investments in child nutrition deliver high returns.

Key findings include:

Undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies affect over 340 million children under five.
Every $1 invested in preventing child stunting generates $16 in social benefits.
The food systems economy offers a $5 trillion investment opportunity.
The report calls for investment in nutritious food value chains, regulatory incentives for healthy child nutrition products, and corporate responsibility in promoting childhood well-being.

Photo Credit: GAIN