Bangladesh: Nutrition Profile

Malnutrition in childhood and pregnancy has many adverse consequences for child survival and long-term well-being. It
also has far-reaching consequences for human capital, economic productivity, and national development overall. The
consequences of malnutrition should be a significant concern for policy makers in Bangladesh, since about 5.5 million
children under 5 years (36 percent) are suffering from chronic malnutrition (stunting or low height-for-age) and 14
percent are acutely malnourished (wasting or low weight-for-height) (National Institute of Population Research and
Training [NIPORT] et al. 2016).

Background
Bangladesh is the most densely populated country in the world, with about 163 million people living in a landmass of
147,570 square kilometers, and around one-third of the population under 15 years (UNICEF 2017; NIPORT et al. 2016).
Bangladesh has maintained an impressive track record of 6 percent economic growth rate over the past decade,
coupled with remarkable improvements in human development (World Bank 2017). The agriculture and fisheries
sectors are pillars of the economy, employing more than half the population (USAID 2017a). However, population
growth, urbanization, and soil and natural resource depletion have resulted in the degradation of land, water bodies,
wetlands, and forests, and pose a significant threat to the agricultural sector. Despite these challenges, Bangladesh
reached Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1, of halving poverty by 2015, reducing the number of people in poverty
from 57 percent in 1991 to 32 percent in 2010 (General Economics Division [GED] et al. 2015). Bangladesh has also seen
impressive improvements in primary school enrollment, gender parity in primary- and secondary-level education,
immunization coverage, reduced incidence of communicable diseases, and substantial reductions in child and maternal
mortality, meeting key targets for MDGs 2,3,4, and 5 (GED et al. 2015). This success can be in part attributed to strong
policies and programs that promote universal education and seek to improve access to and use of quality maternal and
child health services. However, considerable challenges remain, including high levels of food insecurity (approximately
40 million people are food insecure), gender disparities (e.g., reduced access to health care, reduced access to and
control over household resources–including food, and few employment opportunities and low wages for women), and
frequent natural disasters (e.g., floods and cyclones) (USAID 2017b). In addition, although the fertility rate has
dramatically declined in the past 25 years, adolescent fertility rates have remained largely stagnant, contributing to
intergenerational cycles of poverty and malnutrition (NIPORT et al. 2016). Given Bangladesh’s success meeting the
MDGs, with increased efforts and key investments, achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
including SDG 2 (ending hunger and food insecurity) is possible. Currently, Bangladesh ranks 120th of the 157 countries
in progress in meeting SDGs (Sachs et al. 2017).

Nutrition and Food Security Situation

Despite significant economic progress and poverty reduction, about 35 percent of Bangladesh’s population 1 remains
food insecure, with around 10 percent of ever-married women reported as moderately or severely food insecure
(NIPORT et al. 2013). Loss of arable land, rising sea levels, frequent flooding, and extreme weather patterns, due in part
to climate change, compound the threats to food security. Undernutrition is exacerbated by poor dietary diversity, with
70 percent of the diet comprising cereals, and inadequate protein and micronutrient intake (Magnani et al. 2015). Poor
sanitation and hygiene, which result in diarrhea and other infectious diseases, also contribute to undernutrition in

1
Statement is based on DHS data from ever-married women of reproductive age.

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children. Gender inequality in decision making related to household production and consumption also factors into the
subsequent poor nutritional status of women and young children.
Despite the challenges, Bangladesh has made strides in reducing the prevalence of stunting nationally, falling from 41
percent in 2011 to 36 percent in 2014 (NIPORT et al. 2013; NIPORT et al. 2016). Stunting is highest in the Sylhet division
at 50 percent and lowest in Khulna at 28 percent. Stunting is most prevalent among children 18–23 months, indicating
that poor complementary feeding and hygiene and sanitation practices are likely contributors to stunting in that age
group. Wasting is deemed “high” in Bangladesh at 14 percent of children under 5 years, according to the 2017 public
health prevalence thresholds (NIPORT et al. 2017; WHO/UNICEF 2017). There is huge disparity in chronic
undernutrition according to maternal education and wealth levels—18 percent of children whose mothers have
secondary education are stunted, while the rate rises to 47 percent of children whose mothers had no formal
education. Similarly, 19 percent of children in the highest wealth quintile are stunted, while 49 percent of children in
the lowest wealth quintile are stunted (NIPORT et al. 2016). In addition, children are more likely to be stunted in rural
communities (38 percent) as compared to children from urban communities (31 percent) (ibid).
Poor maternal nutrition, which is highly prevalent in Bangladesh, especially among adolescent girls, significantly
contributes to an intergenerational cycle of malnutrition and poverty. Fifty percent of pregnant women and 40 percent
of non-pregnant/non-lactating women suffer from anemia, 57 percent of non-pregnant/non-lactating women are zinc
deficient, and 22 percent of non-pregnant/non-lactating women are deficient in B12 (icddr,b et al. 2013). In addition,
19 percent of women 15–49 years are underweight (BMI < 18.5). Among adolescent girls aged 15–19 years, 31 percent
are underweight. Although undernutrition remains a significant issue in Bangladesh, overweight and obesity are also
becoming concerns, with 24 percent of women overweight or obese 2 (NIPORT et al. 2016). The percent of adolescent
girls who have begun childbearing by 19 years has remained consistently high (above 50 percent) since 2000 (NIPORT et
al. 2016). The increasing prevalence of adolescent underweight combined with persistent and high adolescent
pregnancy rates is a disturbing trend. Adolescent pregnancy is associated with a 50 percent increased risk of stillbirths
and neonatal deaths, and an increased risk of low birth weight (which is very high in Bangladesh at 23 percent)
(National Nutrition Services (NNS) et al. 2017), premature birth, asphyxia, and maternal mortality (Bhutta et al. 2013;
WHO 2007). In addition, the risk of stunting is 36 percent higher among first-born children of girls under 18 years in
South Asia and as such, early motherhood is a key driver of malnutrition (Fink et al. 2014).

Inadequate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices also contribute to the high prevalence of undernutrition. The
exclusive breastfeeding prevalence has declined since the last DHS in 2011 (from 64 percent in 2011 to 55 percent in
2014) and exclusive breastfeeding at 4–5 months has also declined since 2011 to 32 percent. Only around half of
infants are exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months and only 23 percent of breastfed children 6–23 months are
receiving a minimum acceptable diet (NIPORT et al. 2013; NIPORT et al. 2016). Children in rural communities are more
likely to receive optimal breastfeeding practices than children from urban communities, with 53 percent of rural vs. 45
percent of urban infants being put to the breast within 1 hour of birth and 26 percent of rural vs. 32 percent of urban
infants receiving harmful pre-lacteal feeds (NIPORT et al. 2016). However, rural infants are more likely to receive
suboptimal complementary feeding practices as compared to children from urban communities. For example, among
breastfed infants, 25 percent of rural infants received adequate dietary diversity as compared to 32 percent of urban
infants, and only 21 percent of rural infants as compared to 28 percent of urban infants received a minimally
acceptable diet (adequate food groups and frequency of feeds) (ibid). The impact of poor IYCF practices on
undernutrition is exacerbated by a lack of access to improved sanitation facilities, which increases the risk of illness and
infections that can impair nutrition and growth. Only 45 percent of households have an improved latrine and, although
most households have a handwashing station (96 percent), only 21 percent of rural households and 48 percent of
urban households have both water and soap for handwashing (ibid).

NA: Not Available

2
Note that women in the highest wealth quintile are more likely to be overweight/obese at 47 percent, as compared to 8
percent of women in the lowest wealth quintile.

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Micronutrient deficiencies continue to be an issue in Bangladesh. The national salt iodization policy has been successful
at reducing iodine deficiency, with more than three-quarters of children under 5 years living in households with
adequately iodized salt, and the median urinary iodine concentration (a method to determine iodine deficiency) in the
“optimal” range among school-age children (NIPORT et al. 2013). However, deficiencies in vitamin A, zinc, B12, and
folate, as well as maternal and child anemia, continue to be concerns. Vitamin A deficiency among preschool children
was estimated at 21 percent; zinc deficiency affects 45 percent of preschool children; and 51 percent of children under
5 years suffer from anemia (icddr,b et al. 2013; NIPORT et al. 2013).

In August 2017, a massive influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar took refuge in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar districts.
With more than 600,000 people displaced, this is the largest concentration of refugees in the world, requiring
immediate and comprehensive relief support as around 80 percent are vulnerable to food insecurity. It is taxing an
already poor and food insecure population, further threatening food security in the area. A nutrition survey in October
2017 of the refugee camps found the prevalence of global acute malnutrition among children of 6–59 months ranged
from 14 to 24 percent, exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) emergency threshold of 15 percent in two of
three areas covered (WFP 2017).

Bangladesh Nutrition Data (DHS 2011 and 2014)

Population 2016 (UNICEF 2017) 162.9 million
Population under 5 years of age (0–59 months) 2016 (UNICEF 2017) 15.2 million
2011 2014
Prevalence of stunting among children under 5 years (0–59 months) 41% 36%
Prevalence of underweight among children under 5 years (0–59 months) 36% 33%
Prevalence of wasting among children under 5 years (0–59 months) 16% 14%
Prevalence of low birth weight (less than 2.5 kg) (of children whose birth weights are known) NA 23% 3
Prevalence of anemia among children 6–59 months 51% NA
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15–49 years) 42% NA
Prevalence of thinness among women of reproductive age (15–49 years) (BMI less than 18.5
24% 19%
kg/m2)
Prevalence of thinness among adolescent girls (15–19 years) 38% 31%
Prevalence of children 0–5 months exclusively breastfed 64% 55%
Prevalence of children 4–5 months exclusively breastfed 36% 32%
Prevalence of early initiation of breastfeeding (i.e., put to the breast within one hour of birth) 47% 51%
Prevalence of children who receive a pre-lacteal feed 39% 27%
Prevalence of breastfed children 6–23 months receiving minimum acceptable diet 21% 23%
Prevalence of overweight/obesity among children under 5 years (0–59 months) 2% 1%
Prevalence of overweight/obesity among women of reproductive age (15–49 years) 17% 24%
Coverage of iron for pregnant women (for at least 90 days) NA NA
Coverage of vitamin A supplements for children (6–59 months) 60% 62%
Percentage of children 6–59 months living in households with iodized salt 82% NA
NA: Not available

3
According to the National Low Birth Weight Survey Bangladesh, 2015 (NNS et al. 2017).

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Global and Regional Commitment to Nutrition and Agriculture
Bangladesh has made the following global and regional commitments to nutrition and agriculture:
Year of
Name Description
Commitment
2012 Committing to Bangladesh pledged to reduce under-five mortality to 20 or fewer deaths per
Child Survival: A 1,000 live births by 2035 by reducing the leading preventable causes of child
Promise Renewed mortality (A Promise Renewed 2017).
2011 Scaling Up In 2011, Bangladesh joined the SUN Movement, a global movement that
Nutrition (SUN) unites national leaders, civil society, bilateral and multilateral organizations,
Movement donors, businesses, and researchers in a collective effort to improve nutrition.
USAID and the World Bank are SUN donor conveners. The SUN Movement’s
Multi-Partner Trust Fund recently funded the Civil Society Alliance for SUN in
Bangladesh, which will fully operationalize the civil society organization
network; enhance sharing of information, research findings, and resources for
nutrition programs; adopt and implement a costed national nutrition plan; and
establish a joint tracking system to monitor progress of the NNS. SUN priorities
for 2017–2018 include supporting the implementation of the second National
Plan of Action for Nutrition (NPAN2) (2016–2025) including mobilizing
resources to address the funding gap, monitoring the progress of the National
Nutrition Policy 2015, and facilitating a coordinated approach toward data
collection through different surveys on cost-effectiveness and nutrition
advocacy (SUN 2017).
2014 Second In 2014, Bangladesh attended and made strong commitments to improving
International nutrition endorsing two documents—the Rome Declaration on Nutrition and
Conference on the Framework for Action—where Bangladesh committed to establishing and
Nutrition (ICN2) implementing national policies aimed at eradicating malnutrition. In 2017,
Bangladesh held a meeting to track its progress on the ICN2, where
strengthening the Bangladesh National Nutrition Council (BNNC) to coordinate
and collaborate nutrition activities, addressing the rising trend of obesity and
non-communicable disease, and addressing inadequate resource allocation for
nutrition, among other issues, were discussed as priorities (FAO 2018).

National Nutrition Policies/Legislation, Strategies, and Initiatives

Bangladesh’s commitment to improving nutrition is outlined in the following documents:
• National Plan of Action for Nutrition (NPAN2) (2016-2025)
• National Food Policy Plan of Action (2008–2015)
• National Nutrition Policy (2015)
• National Food Safety and Quality Policy and Plan of Action Review of Food Safety and Quality Related Policies
(2012)
• Breast Milk Substitute Act (2013)
• Implementation Code of the Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes (2012)
• The Prevention of Iodine Deficiency Diseases Act (1989)
• National Strategy for Adolescent Health (2017–2030)
• National Strategy on Prevention and Control of Micronutrient Deficiencies, Bangladesh (2015–2024)
• Comprehensive Social and Behavior Change Communication Strategy (2016)
• Health, Population and Nutrition Sector Development Program (2011–2016)
• National Strategy for Anemia Prevention and Control (2007)
• National Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (2007)
• National Guidelines for Management of Severely Malnourished Children (2008)

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In August 2017, Bangladesh rolled out the second Bangladesh National Plan of Action for Nutrition (NPAN2) 2016–2025
and established the Bangladesh National Nutrition Council (BNNC), whose role is to coordinate nutrition activities in the
country. NPAN2, along with the 2015 National Nutrition Policy, outlines the goals of improving the nutritional status of
all citizens and reducing all forms of malnutrition, with a focus on children, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and
lactating mothers. The plan seeks to reduce malnutrition in Bangladesh through a multisectoral strategy using both
nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions and involving multiple sectors, including health, education,
agriculture, fisheries and livestock, environment, social protection, women empowerment, and disaster management.
By focusing on the first 1,000 days (the period from pregnancy to a child’s second birthday), the government aims to
ensure universal access to nutrition services, and strengthen human resource capacity and nutrition information
systems.

USAID Programs: Accelerating Progress in Nutrition

As of January 2018, the following USAID programs with a focus on nutrition were active in Bangladesh. The U.S.
Government selected Bangladesh as one of 12 Feed the Future target countries for focused investment under the
new U.S. Government Global Food Security Strategy. Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s global hunger and food
security initiative, has a multi-year strategy with several key areas of nutrition intervention. The main objective is to
intensify staple production while simultaneously diversifying agriculture into high-value, nutrient-dense products to
increase the availability, accessibility, and utilization of nutritious food. The strategy seeks to strengthen the business-
enabling environment to promote linkages to the private sector and market access for farmers and small enterprises,
and to strengthen capacities in government agencies and local institutions, including farmers’ and women’s groups.
Feed the Future is carrying out nutrition education and behavior change communication interventions in regions where
Title II and Global Health Initiative projects are also operating. Target beneficiaries include rice farmers, the landless
poor who are net purchasers of rice, small- and medium-size farmers who can diversify production, agricultural-based
enterprises, and people employed in the fishing and aquaculture sectors (USAID 2017a; USAID 2017c).

Selected Projects and Programs Incorporating Nutrition in Bangladesh

Name Dates Description
Strengthening 2017– The 5-year US$20 million project is focused on implementation science
Multisectoral Nutrition 2022 research to test different sets of multisectoral interventions and
Programming through approaches that are essential, feasible, replicable, and cost effective to
Implementation Science address undernutrition in Bangladesh. In addition to direct
Activity implementation and research, the project will strengthen organizational
systems to support evidence use in policy, and work with policy makers to
improve their ability to assess, appraise, synthesize, and use data.
Feed the Future Livestock 2015– The Feed the Future-funded project is a US$6 million, 5-year project to
Production for Improved 2020 impact rural household nutrition in Bangladesh. The project aims to
Nutrition (LPIN) increase livestock productivity through increased access to better
livestock management techniques; animal health care services; and
hygienic, diverse, and high-quality food to enhance the nutrition and
health status of rural households, especially among women and children
(ACDI VOCA 2017).
Food for Peace 2015– The program is designed to reduce poverty and vulnerability of the poor
Strengthening Household 2020 and extreme poor people in the northern part of Bangladesh. The main
Ability to Respond to goal of the SHOUHARDO III program is to sustainably reduce food
Development insecurity among the poor and extreme poor households. The program is
Opportunities applying an integrated model for reducing child malnutrition while
(SHOUHARDO) III contributing to the household livelihood security and women’s
empowerment. The program operates in the Char, and the Haor areas,
reaching 8 districts (Sirajganj, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Jamalpur,

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 Kishoreganj, Netrokona, Habiganj, and Sunamganj), 23 upazilas, and 115
unions of Bangladesh. Focused on the poor and extreme poor,
irrespective of their relative geographic inaccessibility, SHOUHARDO III
places empowerment of the poor and extreme poor at its foundation.
Within its program areas of agriculture and livelihoods; health, hygiene,
and nutrition; and disaster and climate risk management, the program
delivers an integrated set of services- a holistic framework with an
emphasis on women’s empowerment, gender issues, and good
governance (CARE 2017).
Food for Peace Nobo Jatra 2015– The project seeks to improve utilization of WASH practices, reduce
2020 adolescent pregnancy, increase equitable intake of nutritious food,
increase practice of gender equitable norms in the household (food
distribution, work load, supporting environment, and decision making),
and increase equitable household income. In addition, the project seeks
to increase diversification of livelihoods for participants; increase the
production of safe, diverse, and nutritious foods; and help households
mitigate, adapt to, and recover from natural shocks and stresses (World
Vision 2017).
Improving Nutrition 2017– The goal of INCA is to improve the nutritional status of women and
through Community Based 2020 children in selected undernourished and rural areas of Bhola, Lakshmipur,
Approaches (INCA) and Noakhali districts. The project activities focus on improving
communities’ knowledge of proper nutritional requirements during the
first 1,000 days and increasing access to and use of health and nutrition
services at community-based health facilities.
Feed the Future Nutrition 2014– The lab is initiating operations research to determine the impact on
Innovation Lab 2018 nutrition of interventions integrating aquaculture, horticulture, and
behavior change.
The Agriculture, Nutrition, 2015– The project is being implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture. It is
and Gender Linkages 2018 partially funded by USAID and the IFPRI-led CGIAR Research Program on
(ANGeL) Project Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), with technical assistance
from IFPRI’s Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program
(PRSSP) and Helen Keller International (HKI). The project aims to identify
actions and investments in agriculture that can leverage agricultural
development for improved nutrition, and make recommendations on how
to invigorate pathways to women’s empowerment (IFPRI 2017).
Food for Peace Ongoing The Food for Peace (FFP) Title II program has funded food assistance
programs in Bangladesh since 1976. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, FFP
contributed more than US$32 million to these non-governmental
organization partners in support of their programs. In FY 2018, FFP
announced the provision of US$18.4 million to the World Food
Programme to support vulnerable refugees and host communities in
Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar District with emergency food and nutrition
assistance (USAID 2018). Additionally, CARE International has diverted
some of its FFP-contributed development funding to augment the
emergency response efforts in and around Cox’s Bazar. The funding
supported the provision of oil and pulses to approximately 24,000
beneficiaries, primarily consisting of women-headed households and
pregnant and lactating women (USAID 2017b).

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Other USAID Nutrition-Related Development Assistance
The USAID-funded National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Program is in place, and assisted the Bangladesh
Ministry of Food and Disaster Management in developing the Country Investment Plan and National Food Policy Plan of
Action. An established Nutrition Working Group (NWG) comprises UN agencies, bilateral donor agencies, and civil
society partners that are working together to support nutrition initiatives. USAID also began a partnership with the UN
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit of the Ministry of Food for the
"Meeting the Under-nutrition Challenge (MUCH): Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Food Security and
Nutrition (2015–2020)." The US$9.8 million activity will allow FAO to assist the government in developing and
implementing more effective food policies to eradicate malnutrition, focusing on nutrition-sensitive policy
interventions and food-based approaches. The MUCH activity will strengthen the capacity of the GOB and other
relevant stakeholders in establishing food security and nutrition policy frameworks, investment plans, and programs,
while also contributing to the Zero Hunger Challenge initiative that addresses social protection for hunger reduction.

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