Policy seminar: No backsliding - reorienting food and health systems to protect nutrition in a global pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic"”and the resulting economic crisis and disrupted food and health systems"”will likely severely worsen all forms of malnutrition globally. In the short to medium term, micronutrient deficiencies, child wasting and stunting, and overweight and obesity are all expected to surge, stemming the tide of recent progress toward achieving the World Health Assembly"s 2025 Global Nutrition Targets .