Are the World Food Programme's food consumption groups a good proxy for energy deficiency?

Food Security

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 461-470

  Lovon, Margarita ^a   Mathiassen, Astrid ^a  

^a World Food Programme   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caloric consumption; Developing countries; Dietary quality; Household food consumption surveys; The food consumption score

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DIET; FOOD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY;

EID: 84906324827     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-014-0367-z     Document Type: Article

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