This publication discusses some of the drivers of malnutrition, how they intersect and overlap, and how this intensifies the exclusion of certain groups of people. The papers featured in this publication examine:

• Political economies as gears to unlock healthy and sustainable food systems;
• Food environments that help shape positive food choices and lifestyles;
• Production methods that support the availability of nutritious diets;
• Ways to improve the collection and curation of disaggregated data to shed light on inequalities;
• Evolving cultural norms to affect nutritional intake at household level;
• Children’s rights-based approaches to promote more effective obesity- and non-communicable disease-prevention strategies;
• Solutions that take full advantage of innovation and technology to close the gender gap;
• Methods for international nutrition research to extend and deepen its treatment of equity issues; and
• International instruments to more systematically underpin efforts aimed at improving nutrition.

Note: This publication was developed under the auspices of the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN), one of the precursors to UN-Nutrition.