What are the top 10 global initiatives for promoting healthy diets and combating malnutrition?

1. Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger – This global initiative aims to end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.

2. Global Nutrition for Growth Compact – This initiative works towards reducing undernutrition and malnutrition globally through various strategies and commitments from governments, businesses, and civil society.

3. Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement – This global movement brings together governments, donors, and civil society to prioritize nutrition, focusing on improving maternal and child nutrition and reducing malnutrition in all its forms.

4. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) International Plan of Action on Nutrition – FAO’s initiative aims to improve nutrition and eradicate hunger by promoting sustainable agriculture, improving food systems, and increasing dietary diversity.

5. The Global Nutrition Report – This initiative monitors and tracks progress in nutrition globally, providing evidence-based information and recommendations to inform policies and programs for fighting malnutrition.

6. World Health Organization (WHO) Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and Health – WHO’s strategy promotes healthy diets and encourages physical activity to prevent non-communicable diseases and combat malnutrition.

7. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nutrition Strategy – UNICEF’s strategy focuses on reducing child malnutrition, improving infant and young child feeding practices, and integrating nutrition interventions into health and social programs.

8. The Lancet Series on Maternal and Child Nutrition – This initiative consists of a series of influential reports and papers that provide evidence-based recommendations and strategies to improve maternal and child nutrition and prevent malnutrition.

9. Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases – This global initiative, led by WHO, aims to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases, including those associated with poor diets and malnutrition, through targeted interventions and policies.

10. World Food Programme (WFP) – WFP’s initiatives include school feeding programs, nutrition interventions, and safety nets to combat malnutrition and improve food security, particularly in vulnerable populations and crisis-affected areas.