Answer: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Notes: UNICEF released the Child Nutrition Report 2025 on 10th September 2025 highlighting rising unhealthy diets and childhood obesity. 5% of children under-5 and 20% of children and adolescents aged 5–19 are overweight, doubling since 2000. In 2025, obesity prevalence was 9.4% and underweight prevalence was 9.2% among school-age children and adolescents. In South Asia, overweight prevalence among 5–19-year-olds increased almost fivefold since 2000. Key drivers include availability and affordability of ultra-processed foods (UPFs), aggressive digital marketing, and policy gaps. Only 7% of countries have mandatory front-of-pack labeling, and 8% provide subsidies for healthy foods. Recommendations include protecting breastfeeding, transforming food environments with restrictions and taxes, promoting nutritious foods, and strengthening social protection and behavior-change initiatives.
