Table 1.

Levels of analysis.

Level of Analysis	Description
Global	Refers to the availability and reliability of food worldwide.
National	Refers to the availability and reliability of food at a national level, the production of food within countries, and the levels of food reserves that should be maintained consistently.
Regional	Refers to the availability and reliability of food at a regional level.
Household	Refers to a household’s physical and economic access to food, their levels of vulnerability, and their utilization of food.
Individual	Refers to an individual’s physical and economic access to food (recognizing that food is not always evenly distributed at the household level), their levels of vulnerability, and their utilization of food.

Note: The table gives descriptions of different levels in which experiencing hunger is measured.