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Not sure this is defined the same way but 10% seems pretty common even without war. Even India is apparently already worse than that [1]. Who would you blame fo

• JumpCrisscross 1y ago
  > Not sure this is defined the same way It's not. According to the IPC, "acute malnutrition is a form of malnutrition that occurs when an individual suffers from current, severe nutritional restrictions, a recent bout of illness, inappropriate childcare practices or, more often, a combination of these factors. It is characterised by extreme weight loss, resulting in low weight for height, and/or bilateral oedema, and, in its severe form, can lead to death." [1]. Your chart measures undernourishment, which the FAO defines relative to "how many calories [one] need[s] to maintain a healthy life" [2]. [1] https://www.nutritioncluster.net/sites/nutritioncluster.com/files/2020-03/IPC-for-Acute-Malnutriton-Concepts-and-Tools-Cleared-by-TAG-and-Endorsed-by-SC.pdf https://www.nutritioncluster.net/sites/nutritioncluster.com/... [2] https://ourworldindata.org/undernourishment-definition https://ourworldindata.org/undernourishment-definition