Lancet Series 2021: Adolescent Nutrition

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is an interactive tool created to represent, evaluate, and track hunger at global, regional, and national levels. Each year, scores are calculated to capture the multidimensionality of hunger using four combined indicators: undernourishment, child wasting, child stunting, and child mortality – to determine a value for each country. The data are standardized and aggregated to produce a 100-point GHI Severity Scale score where zero is the best – no hunger…

This Lancet Series examines pathways toward optimizing child and adolescent health and development worldwide. This series follows nearly two decades after the original Lancet Series on child survival was published and finds that progress toward child and adolescent health has been too slow - with the world off track to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for child health. The papers emphasize supporting the health and development of children from preconception through adulthood and discuss…

This report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) provides an in-depth analysis of trends and events impacting the rights and well-being of children across the globe. The report produces an outlook assessment for child well-being in 2023 and beyond, analyzing key trends and their implications. This year’s report outlines the polycrisis facing the world today– the occurrence of multiple, simultaneous global shocks, such as the COVID-19 crisis, the war in Ukraine, and climate events–…