NUTRITION
Trade Innovation Climate Change Nutrition
LAC faces a unique set of nutrition challenges. The region has high income inequality accompanied by one of the highest costs of a healthy diet globally. Changing dietary patterns and food environments contribute to the region’s growing prevalence of the double burden of malnutrition – or existence of both over- and under-nutrition. As the largest net food exporter, the region’s food systems also play an outsized role in global nutrition.
Examining nutrition challenges and identifying solutions
While LAC faces significant challenges to improve nutrition, many countries have implemented innovative and effective policies and interventions to foster healthy food environments. These experiences can inform nutrition policies in other LAC countries and globally. Working closely with a network of regional partners, IFPRI researchers study food systems policies and interventions to identify effective strategies for improving nutrition with a focus on vulnerable countries.
