The World's True Food Consumption

In the world we live in the most important thing in life is to eat, but exactly how much do we eat, grow, and use?  This is a question many scientists have because of our constantly growing world.  Hunger and malnutrition have also been huge centers of aid for countries like Africa and even the U.S.  The article “14 Surprising Stats about Global Food Consumption” on One.org, talks about what fuels our lives.  

“75% of the world’s food is generated from only 12 plants and 5 animal species.”

Rice, maize and wheat contribute to 60% of the total grain and protein consumption across the globe and many people don’t realize the lack of biodiversity in our food.  This also shows how creative people have been to showcase these ingredients in such diverse ways and products, to accommodate the world we live in.  

“Americans waste about 141 trillion calories worth of food every day.That adds up to about $165 billion per year – 4 times the amount of food Africa imports each year.”

While people in Africa have a huge percentage of people with malnutrition or starvation, the U.S.’s waste could replenish Africa 4x more than usual.  This seems crazy because most people don’t appreciate that sandwich crust they threw away at lunch, but it could have saved another person somewhere else.

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“By 2030, only 1 in 7 people are expected to be consuming less than 2,500 calories per day.This is great news – it means more people in developing countries are eating more!”

New statistics show a lot about how much people consume around the world.  According to these stats we have even brighter futures because they show that more people will not be hungry, and poverty levels will drop, meaning many people will eat more than usual.  This also means higher produce production rates, increasing jobs and economy around the world.  

FUTURE RESEARCH: Inequality/poverty/demographics around the world:
http://www.100people.org/statistics_detailed_statistics.php
http://www.miniature-earth.com/
How people have overcome the challenges of their geography?