Food Resources

What is food consumption per capita?

• Energy obtained from food consumed per person each day

• Average amount of food a person consumes per year

• The percentage of staple foods (e.g. rice, wheat) as part of a person's diet every day

What is daily calorie intake?

• Energy obtained from food consumed per person each day

• Average amount of food a person consumes per year

• The percentage of staple foods (e.g. rice, wheat) as part of a person's diet every day

What is starchy staples as a percentage of all calories?

• Energy obtained from food consumed per person each day

• Average amount of food a person consumes per year

• The percentage of staple foods (e.g. rice, wheat) as part of a person's diet every day

The starchy staples as percentage of all calories is _______________ in DCs.

• Higher

• Lower

The daily calorie intake is ________________ in LDCs.

• Higher

• Lower

Both China and India have developed quickly in the last 30 years, but only China has increased dramatically in its meat consumption. Why?

• [Socio-Cultural] Religious beliefs such as Hinduism in India discourage meat consumption

• [Political] India does not maintain large stockpiles, unlike China

• [Economic] India's increase in income has been slower than China

LDCs spend a _____________ percentage of their income on food, but spend _______________ money on food overall.

• Higher, less

• Lower, less

• Higher, more

• Lower, more

This graph shows that...

• From July 2003-July 2013, people are eating fast food more often

• From July 2003-July 2013, people are eating fast food less often

• In 2013, the highest percentage of Americans ate fast food only once or twice a month, about 33%, compared with the highest percentage of 31% of Americans eating fast food only once a week in July 2003

• One anomaly is that, although the frequency of eating fast food has decreased in general, the percentage of Americans who never eat fast food has also declined from 5% to 4% from July 2003 to July 2013