Food decides my future

World Food Day is 16 October. World Vision reflects on how food (enough food and the right food) is deciding children's futures in Asia.

I am one of millions of children in Asia whose future is being decided now… by the foods I consume.

I was born carrying the burden of nutrition. My region has the highest rate of child malnutrition in the world.

Not consuming foods with the right nutrients and vitamins as an infant and toddler will irreversibly damage my future chance of growing properly, living a healthy life, and raising a healthy family of my own.

Long before my second birthday, my future was already in the hands of my food.

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