With its particular focus on children, UNICEF's 1998 annual report provides information on malnutrition, including its causes, approaches to combat it, statistical tables of vital indicators as well as panels and features on various relevant topics. Its main chapters include:

- Overview of the scale of malnutrition and the complex interplay of factors that cause it
- Approaches that work: Community involvement, food fortification, growth monitoring and promotion
- Bringing science to bear: Breakthroughs in the fight for better nutrition
- Statistical tables