UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report 2025 "Education and Nutrition: Learn to Eat Well" is Out!
Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report 2025 on Education and Nutrition: Learn to Eat Well was officially launched on March 26 at the Paris Nutrition for Growth Summit.
This report highlights the crucial interlinkages between education and nutrition, demonstrating how education can support better nutrition outcomes and how improved nutrition can enhance learning. It is part of a broader series exploring how education contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This series aims to produce interlinked framing, analysis, and policy recommendations to engage the education sector and beyond, ensuring that education’s role is recognised in achieving other global goals.
Key Highlights from the Report
The Education and Nutrition paper, Learn to Eat Well, brings together research, policy insights, and recommendations on how education can drive better nutrition outcomes. It emphasises:
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The bidirectional relationship between education and nutrition—how learning about nutrition influences dietary habits and how proper nutrition improves cognitive development and school performance.
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Gaps in policies and programs that need to be addressed to fully leverage education’s role in promoting healthier societies.
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Collaborative approaches that bring together education, health, and nutrition sectors to achieve sustainable progress.
- Partner Organisations: The Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition (led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
- Endorsers: World Food Programme, Alliance of Biodiversity and CIAT, PMNCH-WHO, Africa Nutrition Society, IPNEd, Take Action Global, 4SD Foundation, World Vision
This report follows the 2024 paper on Education and Climate Change Learning to Act for People and Planet, which examined how education can drive climate action.