This sixth report on the world nutrition situation calls for a renewed effort to invest in maternal nutrition in a sustainable and holistic manner. The intergenerational cycle of growth failure continues to claim and compromise lives: it needs to be turned into a virtuous cycle. Improving birth weight contributes to reducing child growth faltering in the first two years of life. The good news is that turning the intergenerational cycle of growth failure into a virtuous one can be done – and it can be done quickly.
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