This map shows population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption.
World: 848 million (13% of total population)
Undernourishment refers to the condition of people whose dietary energy consumption is continuously below a minimum dietary energy requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out a light physical activity with an acceptable minimum body-weight for attained-height.
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