Executive summary of the Nutrition for Growth Commitments for 2020 made at the G8 Summit in June, London.The participants - who signed a Global Nutrition for Growth Compact - committed their countries and organisations by 2020 to:

• improving the nutrition of 500 million pregnant women and young children
• reducing the number of children under five who are stunted by an additional 20 million
• saving the lives of at least 1.7 million children by preventing stunting, increasing breastfeeding and better treatment of severe and acute malnutrition