Download or read book Food and Nutrition in Numbers written by Food and Agriculture Organization (Fao) and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 2014 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocketbook, part of the Statistical Yearbook suite of products, provides the reader with the most up-to-date numbers on food and nutrition globally. It is structured in two sections: the first one addresses thematic spreads related to food security and nutrition, including detailed food consumption data collected from national household budget surveys. The second one includes comprehensive country and regional profiles with indicators categorized by anthropometry, nutritional deficiencies, supplementation, dietary energy supplies, preceded by their "setting". The "Food and Nutrition in Numbers" pocketbook not only focuses on indicators of food security and nutritional outcomes, but also on the determinants that contribute to healthy lives.