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Acronyms


ACF

Action Contre la Faim

AED

Academy for Educational Development

AFINS

Assessing Food Insecurity

AHFSI

Aggregate Household Food Security

BMI

body mass index

BMR

basal metabolic rate

CPI

consumer price index

CPS

Current Population Survey

CV

coefficient of variation

DAFNE

Data Food Networking

DES

dietary energy supply

DFID

Department for International

DHS

Demographic and Health Survey

DLW

doubly labelled water

DPPC

Disaster Prevention and Preparedness

ENCU

Emergency Nutrition Coordination

ENDEF

Escudo Nacional da Despesa Familiar

EPIC

European Prospective Investigation

ESA

FAO Agriculture and Economic

ESAC

FAO Comparative Agricultural

ESAE

FAO Agricultural Sector in Economic

ESAF

FAO Food Security and Agricultural

ESC

FAO Commodities and Trade Division

ESDG

FAO Economic and Social Department, Director-General

ESN

FAO Food and Nutrition Division

ESNA

FAO Nutrition Planning, Assessment

ESS

FAO Statistics Division

ESSA

FAO Statistical Analysis Service

EWD

Early Warning Department

FANTA

Food and Nutrition Technical

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

FAOSTAT

FAO Statistical Databases

FBS

food balance sheet

FFQ

food frequency questionnaire

FIS

food intake survey

FIVIMS

Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems

FPI

food price index

GDP

gross domestic product

GIS

geographical information system

GNP

gross national product

HEA

household economy approach

HES

household expenditure survey

HIES

Household Income/Expenditure

HKI

Helen Keller International

IAWG

Inter-Agency Working Group

IFPRI

International Food Policy

IMR

infant mortality rate

INFS

index of national food security

LSMS

Living Standards Measurement

MDG

Millennium Development Goals

MER

minimum energy requirement

MICS

Multiple Indicator Cluster

MIS

management information system

NCHS

National Center for Health

NGO

non-governmental organization

NHANES

National Health and Nutrition

NI

Nutrition Index

NSSO

National Sample Survey

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PAL

physical activity level

POU

prevalence of undernutrition

PROGRESA

Programa de Educación, Salud y Alimentación

SC UK

Save the Children UK

SDWP

FAO Population and Development

SOFI

State of Food Insecurity

SUSENAS

Survei Sosial Ekonomi Nasional

UBINIG

Policy Research for Development

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

USAID

United States Agency for

USDA

United States Department of

WB

World Bank

WFP

World Food Programme of the

WFS

World Food Summit


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