Prevalence of deficient intakes of energy and nutrients compared with the Korean Dietary Reference Intake according to food security status (, food-secure (n 6486); , food-insecure without hunger (n 546); , food-insecure with hunger (n 81)) among family members aged ≥1 year who participated in a 24 h dietary recall survey, 2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Energy deficiency was defined as energy intake less than 75 % of the estimated energy requirement according to sex and age for Koreans; nutrient deficiency was defined as nutrient intake less than the estimated average requirement according to sex and age for Koreans. Values are weighted percentages with their standard errors represented by vertical bars, which were calculated by applying sampling weights assigned to individual participants in the nutrition survey. Using the χ
2 test, all P values for differences in prevalence between food-secure individuals, food-insecure individuals without hunger and food-insecure individuals with hunger were <0·01