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Average dietary energy supply adequacy (3-year average)

The indicator expresses the Dietary Energy Supply (DES) as a percentage of the Average Dietary Energy Requirement (ADER). Each country's or region's average supply of calories for food consumption is normalized by the average dietary energy requirement estimated for its population to provide an index of adequacy of the food supply in terms of calories.

Definition:

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Food system outcome type: health impacts

Category: FoodAvailability

Unit(s) of measurement description:

%

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