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title: Global Nutrition Report
description: There has been slight progress towards achieving global nutrition targets in the African region. The global target for overweight among children under 5 years of age has 28 countries on course to meet it, exclusive breastfeeding among infants aged 0…
url: "https://african-network.org/docs/global-nutrition-report/"
updated: "2024-05-22"
category: Global Reports
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# Global Nutrition Report

There has been slight progress towards achieving global nutrition targets in the African region. The global target for overweight among children under 5 years of age has 28 countries on course to meet it, exclusive breastfeeding among infants aged 0 to 5 months has 20 countries on the course, wasting among children under 5 years of age has 19 countries on the course, while stunting among children under 5 years of age has six countries on course.

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