Population Below Minimum Dietary Energy Consumption
Proportion of the population in a condition of undernourishment. The FAO defines undernourishment as the condition of people whose dietary energy consumption is continuously below a minimum dietary energy requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out light physical activity. UN Millennium Indicators Database at http://millenniumindicators.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx, based on FAO estimates.
Source: UN Millennium Indicators Database
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