The United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition, 2016–2025 provides a window of opportunity to enhance coordination and cooperation among all actors, and drive integrated action across multiple sectors, to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. This publication was released at the beginning of the Nutrition Decade, serving as a platform for stakeholders to share concrete examples on how to eliminate all forms of malnutrition. It includes a collection of papers that examine:

• Building blocks required to create sustainable, resilient food systems for healthy diets;
• Systemic drivers of diets, such as changes in food environments and food systems;
• Growing momentum for the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;
• Policy incentives and policy coherence needed for diversification in the food systems;
• Actions within a food system framework to create healthier diets from more sustainable food systems;
• Alternative solutions to help temporarily fill the gap between nutrient requirements and nutrient supply, such as supplementation and fortification;
• Scaling Up Nutrition interventions and methodology for monitoring progress;
• Growing momentum to maximize programmatic linkages between nutrition and social protection;
• Better functioning food and agriculture markets to ensure that governments can achieve nutrition targets;
• Food-based dietary guidelines as a communication tool by health and education professionals; and
• Positive impact that community-based actions can have on nutrition, rural economies, educational attainment and peace-building.

As we move further into the decade, the examples in these papers can inspire nutrition actors to action, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and various national and regional strategic frameworks.

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.