| Targeted location (aggregate) |
National - - |
|---|---|
| Verification status | Verified Find out more |
Commitment description
Currently, Thailand focuses on prioritizing and solving the malnutrition issues for all age groups, which are undernutrition, overweight, and obesity. Therefore, Thailand has formulated the National Plan of Action for Nutrition in 2019, with the first phase of 5 years duration which ends on 2023. The Department of Health launched the Five-year National Nutrition Action Plan (2023-2027) mainly in response to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Global Nutrition Targets and Non-communicable disease (NCD) Global Action Plan. It is also necessary to set this issue as a global agenda, which all partners must work together to protect, safeguard, and promote the health of all age groups, especially children and vulnerable groups.The Government of Thailand commits to Reducing the prevalence of stunting, wasting and overweight in children under 5 years of age to 8, 5 and 7% respectively.
Commitment goals
Reduce wasting in children under 5 years of age
- Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
- Goal SMARTness index: High
Reduce stunting in children under 5 years of age
- Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Undernutrition
- Goal SMARTness index: High
Reduce overweight in children under 5 years of age
- Nutrition Action Classification: Impact > Obesity and diet-related NCDs
- Goal SMARTness index: High
Global Nutrition Targets
Nutrition Action Classification across all goals
Enabling
- Financial
- Operational
- Leadership and governance
- Research monitoring and data
Policy
- Food environment
- Food supply chain
- Consumer knowledge
- Nutrition care services
Impact
- Undernutrition
- Diet
- Obesity and diet-related NCDs
- Food and nutrition security
N4G themes covered by goals
- Food
- Health
- Resilience
- Data
- Financing
Total funding and costs across all goals
| Funders | Government of Thailand. Under the National Food committee. Funding by responsible agencies. |
|---|---|
| Funding mechanism | Public |
| Cost secured | Fully secured, since the total costs of the operation have been allocated yearly by the Government of Thailand. |
| Total costs estimated | Not been estimated / unknown |
