The U.S. Government's Global Food Security Strategy presents an integrated approach to combating the root causes of hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. This guidance on nutrition is one of 18 technical guidance documents intended to provide a shared understanding of key concepts and best practices for designing and implementing Feed the Future programs under the Global Food Security Strategy. It is meant to helps missions design new and follow-on integrated programming that incorporates nutrition objectives and technical approaches to optimize nutrition outcomes.