Aim to reduce poverty without conditioning the transfer to any action performed by the receivers. General Food Distribution is an example of unconditional FSC activity.
The outcome of insufficient food intake and repeated infectious diseases, i.e. the outcome of undernourishment, and/or poor absorption and/or poor biological use of nutrients consumed as a result of repeated infectious disease. It includes being underweight for one’s age, too short for one’s age (stunted), dangerously thin for one’s height (wasted) and deficient in vitamins and minerals (micronutrient malnutrition).[1]Acute undernutrition occurs more frequently with infants and young children, often during the stages where complementary foods are being introduced to their diets, and children are typically more susceptible to infectious diseases. Acute undernutrition can result from food shortages, a recent bout of illness, inappropriate child care or feeding practices, or a combination of these factors.
The measure for hunger compiled by FAO, defined as undernourishment, refers to the proportion of the population whose dietary energy consumption is less than a pre-determined threshold. This threshold is country specific and is measured in terms of the number of kilocalories required to conduct sedentary or light activities. The undernourished are also referred to as suffering from food deprivation.[2]
[1]Source: An Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Food Security available at http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/al936e/al936e00.pdf