Monitoring the nutritional status of humanitarian workers in Gaza
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  • Save the Children International
  • UN Relief Workers Agency (UNRWA)
Key insights
  • Data updated as of 2025-08-12
  • Data from 241 participants
  • Median change of -17.5% compared to pre-war weight (with a typical range of -23% to -11.7%)
Current summary

Summary of most recent data provided by participants. Current weight in kilograms (kg) and BMI (body mass index), in addition to percent change in weight and BMI from pre-war levels (before October 8th 2023) are shown on the x-axes of the panels. Negative values of percent change indicate weight loss, i.e. ‘-20%’ indicates an average loss of 20% of weight or BMI.

Recent trends

Trends over time in absolute values of weight in kilograms (kg) and BMI (body mass index) and percent change in weight and BMI from pre-war levels (before October 8th 2023) since the beginning of the project. Solid and dashed lines indicate mean and median values respectively for each demographic stratification. The coloured shaded regions show the boundaries of the interquartile range.

Trends over time of proportion of staff with BMI in different WHO categories: underweight <18.5, normal 18.50 – 24.99, overweight ≥ 25, obese ≥ 30. Calculated as the number of measurements per day that fall in each category, divided by the total number of measurements that day.

Study participation
Key insights
  • Data updated as of 2025-08-12
  • Data from 13 participants
  • Median change of -21.3% compared to pre-war weight (with a typical range of -23.4% to -16.7%)
Current summary

Summary of most recent data provided by participants. Current weight in kilograms (kg) and BMI (body mass index), in addition to percent change in weight and BMI from pre-war levels (before October 8th 2023) are shown on the x-axes of the panels. Negative values of percent change indicate weight loss, i.e. ‘-20%’ indicates an average loss of 20% of weight or BMI.

Recent trends

Trends over time in absolute values of weight in kilograms (kg) and BMI (body mass index) and percent change in weight and BMI from pre-war levels (before October 8th 2023) since the beginning of the project. Solid and dashed lines indicate mean and median values respectively for each demographic stratification. The coloured shaded regions show the boundaries of the interquartile range.

Trends over time of proportion of staff with BMI in different WHO categories: underweight <18.5, normal 18.50 – 24.99, overweight ≥ 25, obese ≥ 30. Calculated as the number of measurements per day that fall in each category, divided by the total number of measurements that day.

Study participation
Key insights
  • Data updated as of 2025-08-12
  • Data from 228 participants
  • Median change of -17.4% compared to pre-war weight (with a typical range of -23% to -11.4%)
Current summary

Summary of most recent data provided by participants. Current weight in kilograms (kg) and BMI (body mass index), in addition to percent change in weight and BMI from pre-war levels (before October 8th 2023) are shown on the x-axes of the panels. Negative values of percent change indicate weight loss, i.e. ‘-20%’ indicates an average loss of 20% of weight or BMI.

Recent trends

Trends over time in absolute values of weight in kilograms (kg) and BMI (body mass index) and percent change in weight and BMI from pre-war levels (before October 8th 2023) since the beginning of the project. Solid and dashed lines indicate mean and median values respectively for each demographic stratification. The coloured shaded regions show the boundaries of the interquartile range.

Trends over time of proportion of staff with BMI in different WHO categories: underweight <18.5, normal 18.50 – 24.99, overweight ≥ 25, obese ≥ 30. Calculated as the number of measurements per day that fall in each category, divided by the total number of measurements that day.

Study participation

This project provides real-time information on the nutritional status of humanitarian staff in Gaza. Our aim is to inform humanitarian decision-making, advocacy, and diplomatic action to improve the lives of the affected population. We are developing this project during a rapidly changing situation: please interpret results with caution. Find out more

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We are actively seeking participants to support the project, and welcome new collaborations with humanitarian organisations. Get involved

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