Child Food Poverty

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Table of Contents

• Foreword 7
• Executive summary 9
• 1 | Our research 16
• Understanding child food poverty 16
• What is child food poverty? 18
• Multiple facets of child food poverty 20
• What does the report aim to contribute? 21
• 2 | Our findings 24
• The crisis of severe child food poverty 24
• Finding 1 25
• Globally, one in four children (27 per cent) are living in severe child food poverty in early childhood, amounting to 181 million children under 5 years of age 25
• Finding 2 29
• Globally, progress towards ending severe child food poverty is slow, but some regions and countries are proving that progress is possible and is happening 29
• Finding 3 30
• Severe child food poverty is experienced by children belonging to poor and non-poor households, indicating that household income is not the only driver of child food poverty 30
• Finding 4 35
• Children living in severe child food poverty are missing out on many nutrient-rich foods, while unhealthy foods are becoming entrenched in the diets of these children 35
• Finding 5 39
• The global food and nutrition crisis and localized conflicts and climatic shocks are intensifying severe child food poverty, especially in fragile and humanitarian settings 39
• Finding 6 46
• Severe child food poverty is driving child undernutrition: the percentage of children living in severe child food poverty is three times higher in countries with a high prevalence of child stunting 46
• 3 | Our analysis 48
• The forces driving severe child food poverty 48
• Severe child food poverty is driven by poor food environments, poor feeding practices and household income poverty 49
• Severe child food poverty is the result of systems that are failing, not families that are failing 52
• Progress is possible when action is taken to transform food, health and protection systems for children 55
• 4 | Our recommendations 64
• Ending severe child food poverty 64
• A systems approach to ending severe child food poverty 65
• Galvanizing commitment, action and accountability 67
• Annex 1 69
• Regional profiles on child food poverty 69
• Annex 2 84
• Notes on figures 84
• Endnotes 87
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