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worsening the animals living conditions. This forces us to find alternative food sources.<br><br> | worsening the animals living conditions. This forces us to find alternative food sources.<br><br> | ||
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+ | Figure 1: Contribution of carbohydrates in total dietary consumption. | ||
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+ | <a class="popupImg alignCenter" style="width:230px" target="_blank" href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/f/f9/2014SDUfacts2.PNG" title="Figure 2: Contribution of protein in total dietary consumption."> | ||
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+ | Figure 2: Contribution of protein in total dietary consumption. | ||
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+ | <a class="popupImg alignCenter" style="width:230px" target="_blank" href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/b/b4/2014SDUfacts3.PNG" title="Figure 3: Contribution of fats in total dietary consumption."> | ||
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+ | Figure 3: Contribution of fats in total dietary consumption. | ||
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<h4>What do we eat?</h4> | <h4>What do we eat?</h4> |
Revision as of 11:42, 15 October 2014
Facts and Statistics
A World Wide Problem
805 million people suffered from undernourishment in 2012-2014. This makes a total of 11.24 %, or more than
every ninth person in the entire
world.
Source:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2014:
Hunger Statistics.
(Link)
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations define undernourishment as a state, lasting
for at least one year, of inability to acquire enough food, defined as a level of food intake, insufficient
to meet dietary energy
requirement.
Source:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2014:
Basic definitions.
(Link)
Undernourishment is mostly seen in developing
countries, like many African countries, where the PPP (Purchasing Power Parity per capita) is very low,
compared with e.g. European
countries.
Source:
Central intelligence Agency, 2014: The World Factbook.
(Link)
In fact, there is enough food, as we in total,
worldwide, produce enough to feed everyone with at least 2720 calories per
day.
Source:
World Hunger, 2013:
2013 World Hunger and Poverty Facts and Statistics.
(Link)
But many people have too little income or no land to grow, which
makes enough food out of reach for them. Charitable organizations are working hard against the hunger
problem in especially Africa, Latin America, and
South-East Asia,
Source:
Save the Children, 2014: Where do we work.
(Link)
but lack of money and resources, poor infrastructures, and war make it a nearly insoluble problem.
Right now, the world's population is about 7 billion people and grows by 1.2 % per year, which means that
we will be twice as many people in the world in about
58 years.
Source:
Population media Center, 2009: Issue we Address.
(Link)
Our food production cannot cover
the needs of so many people, and it is e.g. unlikely that we will be able to produce enough meat, without
worsening the animals living conditions. This forces us to find alternative food sources.
Figure 1: Contribution of carbohydrates in total dietary consumption. | Figure 2: Contribution of protein in total dietary consumption. | Figure 3: Contribution of fats in total dietary consumption. |