Global Hunger Index 2019

#Global_Hunger_Index_2019

#India_ranked_102_outof_117_Countries

#By_Welthungerhilfe_and_Concern_Worldwide

#Global_Hunger_Index: The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at global, regional, and national levels. The GHI is calculated annually, and its results appear in a report issued in October each year. Created in 2006, the GHI was initially published by the US based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Germany based Welthungerhilfe. In 2007, the Irish NGO Concern Worldwide also became a co-publisher. 2018 onwards, the GHI is a joint project of Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide, with IFPRI stepping aside from its involvement in the report.

It values are determined by four parameter:

1.    UNDERNOURISHMENT: The share of the population that is undernourished (that is, whose caloric intake is insufficient);

2.    CHILD WASTING: The share of children under the age of five who are wasted (that is, who have low weight for their height, reflecting acute undernutrition);

3.    CHILD STUNTING: The share of children under the age of five who are stunted (that is, who have low height for their age, reflecting chronic undernutrition); and

4.    CHILD MORTALITY: The mortality rate of children under the age of five (in part, a reflection of the fatal mix of inadequate nutrition and unhealthy environments).

#Definations:

> Hunger is usually understood to refer to the distress associated with a lack of sufficient calories.

> Undernutrition goes beyond calories and signifies deficiencies in any or all of the following: energy, protein, and/ or essential vitamins and minerals. Undernutrition is the result of inadequate intake of food in terms of either quantity or quality, poor utilization of nutrients due to infections or other illnesses, or a combination of these factors.

> Malnutrition refers more broadly to both undernutrition (problems caused by deficiencies) and overnutrition (problems caused by unbalanced diets, such as consuming too many calories in relation to requirements with or without low intake of micronutrient-rich foods).