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title: "Child Food Poverty: A Nutrition Crisis In Early Childhood UNICEF 2022"
description: "Children cannot live on staple grains alone. They need to eat a diverse range of nutritious foods – including fruits, vegetables, fish, eggs, and dairy products – to fuel their growing brains and bodies. Yet today in low- and middle-income…"
url: "https://african-network.org/docs/child-food-poverty-a-nutrition-crisis-in-early-childhood-unicef-2022/"
updated: "2024-05-22"
category: Global Reports
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# Child Food Poverty: A Nutrition Crisis In Early Childhood UNICEF 2022

Children cannot live on staple grains alone. They need to eat a diverse range of nutritious foods – including fruits, vegetables, fish, eggs, and dairy products – to fuel their growing brains and bodies.

Yet today in low- and middle-income countries, 2 out of 3 children under the age of five experience food poverty. These children are not fed the minimum diverse diet they need to grow and develop to their full potential.

Read more: [https://reliefweb.int/attachments/bae5fd48-7baf-423d-a718-845ef405b0e6/Child-Food-Poverty-Report-2022.pdf](https://reliefweb.int/attachments/bae5fd48-7baf-423d-a718-845ef405b0e6/Child-Food-Poverty-Report-2022.pdf)