Fed to Fail: The crisis of children's diets in early life

Poor-quality diets are one of the greatest obstacles to the survival, growth, development and learning of children today. The stakes are highest in the first two years of life, when insufficient dietary intake of nutrients can irreversibly harm a child’s rapidly growing body and brain.

UNICEF’s Flagship Child Nutrition Report, 2021 presents the most comprehensive update on young children’s diets till date. It examines the latest data and evidence on the status, trends and inequities in the diets of young children aged 6–23 months, and the barriers to nutritious, safe and age appropriate diets. This global report is also accompanied by a data booklet which present the latest key statistics on children’s and women’s nutrition for the world’s countries and regions including detailed data on young children’s diets.