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S u s t a i n a b l e D e v e l o p m e n t A s p e c t s
Food Security and Livelihood Management
027 Malnutrition rate
Description
This indicator measures the proportion of the population with
access to sufficient daily dietary requirements.
Rationale
Nutrition status is an indicator that integrates availability
and equitability of access to food and livelihood. While
other factors (such as agriculture and trade) may affect
these figures, nutrition status is also affected by the
availability of seafood.
Data Requirements
• Number of undernourished males (all ages)
• Number of undernourished females (all ages)
• Number of undernourished males (less than 5 years old)
• Number of undernourished females (less than 5 years old
Results
The proportion of undernourished children below five years
old has declined from 40 percent undernourished in 1995 to
an estimated 6 percent undernourished in 2007 (the latter
figure is based upon 21 priority municipalities of which 9 are
coastal, Figure 16). Data gathered were gender aggregated
and so inferences could not be drawn as to differences in
access between sexes.
86 State of the Coasts of Batangas Province