FOOD POVERTY & DIET DIVERSITY

2 in every 3 children under 5 face food poverty

1 in every 5 children under extreme food poverty, consumes only 1-2 food groups against 5 prescribed by WHO-UNICEF

NUTRITION STATUS

Stunting (low height for age): 24% across country

40% in urban slums

WHO threshold: 15%

Wasting (low weight for height): 11%, WHO emergency threshold: 5%

Underweight (low weight for age): 22%

NUTRITION SPENDING

Per capita allocation: $18

98% for broad “nutrition-sensitive” programmes,

only 2% for direct interventions

2022 BANGLADESH DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY (BDHS), AND 2024 SANEM STUDY