The number of households with per capita energy intake less than 100% adequacy in a given time period expressed as a percentage of all households in the same time period.
Notes:
This is one of the MDG indicators currently being monitored in the Philippines. It is an additional indicator for target 1.c in the official UNSD list of MDG indicators. Household food consumption based on actual food weighing for one day is part of the dietary survey component of the NNS and provides data on the average per capita food consumption and nutrient intake of the sample households. Thus, NNS is the officially recommended source of data for this indicator. A study conducted in 2008 (David et al., 2008) used the results of the Food Consumption Survey and the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) in the analysis of food consumption and corresponding energy intake. It must be noted, however, that the FIES is primarily designed to obtain official statistics on income and expenditure.