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Prevalence of undernourishment (3-year average)

The prevalence of undernourishment expresses the probability that a randomly selected individual from the population consumes an amount of calories that is insufficient to cover her/his energy requirement for an active and healthy life. The indicator is computed by comparing a probability distribution of habitual daily dietary energy consumption with a threshold level called the minimum dietary energy Requirement. Both are based on the notion of an average individual in the reference population.

Definition:

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Food system outcome type: health impacts

Category: Malnutrition

Unit(s) of measurement description:

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