Prime Minister looks ahead to G8 nutrition event
The Prime Minister invited IF campaign supporter David Walliams and 100 school children to Downing Street ahead of G8 nutrition event.
The Prime Minister today welcomed 鈥楨nough Food for Everyone IF鈥� supporter David Walliams and 100 school children from across the UK to Downing Street ahead of Saturday鈥檚 G8 event 鈥楴utrition for Growth: Beating Hunger through Business and Science鈥�.
Speaking ahead of Saturday鈥檚 event, the Prime Minister said:
I鈥檓 proud of the UK鈥檚 leadership in the fight against global hunger. Having fired the gun at last year鈥檚 Olympic Hunger Summit, the Nutrition for Growth event will be an opportunity for everyone 鈥� and that includes governments, business, scientists and NGOs 鈥� to step up and make a lasting difference in tackling under-nutrition and improve children 鈥榮 life chances.
The children had been invited to showcase plates they had decorated in support of the 鈥楨nough Food for Everyone IF鈥� campaign.
The UK will be seeking to secure ambitious commitments from everyone attending to address under-nutrition and food insecurity at the event. Ahead of the event, the Prime Minister has been speaking to leaders and NGOs to secure this much needed ambition.
Undernutrition is an underlying cause of 45% of deaths amongst children under five, while nearly 165 million suffer from stunting which stops children鈥檚 bodies from developing properly. This has a devastating impact of the future productivity in these countries. It鈥檚 clear that investing in nutrition now not only saves lives in the short-term, it also assists developing countries to achieve stronger, more resilient economic growth.