Undernourished Human

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An Undernourished Human is a persistently hungry human who cannot stay in good health while performing light physical activity.



References

2015

  • http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology_of_malnutrition#By_country
    • … This table measures "undernourishment", as defined by FAO, and represents the number of people consuming (on average for years 2010 to 2012) less than the minimum amount of food energy (measured in kilocalories per capita per day) necessary for the average person to stay in good health while performing light physical activity. It is a conservative indicator that does not take into account the extra needs of people performing extraneous physical activity, nor seasonal variations in food consumption or other sources of variability such as inter-individual differences in energy requirements. Malnutrition and undernourishment are cumulative or average situations, and not the work of a single day's food intake (or lack thereof). This table does not represent the number of people who "went to bed hungry today."

2014

  • (The Lancet, 2014a) ⇒ The Lancet. (2014). “Feeding the world sustainably.” In: Editorial in The Lancet, 384(9956). doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62054-7
    • QUOTE: Good nutrition is fundamental to human health and wellbeing, yet according to the latest estimates from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), about 805 million people — more than a tenth of the world's population — remain chronically undernourished. In 2013, 161 million children younger than 5 years were affected by stunting, and 51 million by wasting. Undernourishment is the main underlying cause of death in this age group, accounting for 45% of child deaths worldwide. Meanwhile, more than 2 billion people are affected by deficiencies of micronutrients such as iodine, vitamin A, zinc, and iron.

2009