How widespread is undernourishment? A critique of measurement methods and new empirical results

Food Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 209-228

  Gabbert, Silke ^a   Weikard, Hans Peter ^b  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dietary energy requirements; Food security in developing countries; Measuring undernourishment

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD SECURITY; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 0034945279     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(00)00043-9     Document Type: Article

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