Global Food Consumption

StarterMatch key words to the correct definitions.Malnutrition A serious condition that occurs when a

person's diet does not contain the right amount of nutrients.

Food security All people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life.

Obese A medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems.

Nutrition transition Changes in diets, patterns of work and leisure.

Under nutrition The outcome of insufficient food intake and the lack of essential nutrients over a period of time.

• Interpret patterns of global consumption.• Categorise factors contributing to global

hunger and obesity.

Learning objectives

There is unevenness in the distribution of food supply.

The world produces enough food to feed everyone, yet…

HungerObesity

In 2012, 870 million people (one in eight) were undernourished.

Of these people, 852 million were in developing countries.

That is more than the combined populations of the United States, Canada and the European Union!

Source: FAO, 2013

Global food consumption and hunger

Global food consumption and hunger

Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1 is to halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by 2015 – not yet met!

Global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains “serious” according to the FAO.

The number of obese adults in the developing world has almost quadrupled to around one billion since 1980.

In developed countries the figure is 557 million.

Global food consumption and obesity

There are more obese people in the world than undernourished – over 1.5 billion.

Which regions have seen the greatest

increase?

Activity: data interpretation

Study figure 6.5 (Average calorie consumption per person per day) and figure 6.6 (The percentage of people suffering from hunger) on the handout.

1. Identify the regions with highest and lowest daily calorie intakes (quote countries and figures in your answer).

2. Is there a perfect match between patterns of hunger and daily calorie intake? Explain your answer (consider population sizes).

Activity: information sort

• Draw a table in your book, two columns (obesity and hunger).

• Read the statements and decide if they are a contributing factor of global hunger or obesity.

• Cut out and glue them in the correct column.

What are the main contributing factors to global hunger and obesity? What drives the global pattern of

consumption?

Contributing factors: summary

Hunger• Poverty• Vulnerable to natural disasters• Political instability• High proportion of income spent on

foodObesity• Higher income• Urbanisation• Changing dietary

patterns• Less active lifestyles

Prep

1. Read the information sheet on the paradox of hunger and obesity in developed countries, and make notes on how they are linked.

2. Answer the exam question.

True or false?1. 1 in 5 people are undernourished.

• False! 1 in 8 people.

2. MDG 1 is to halve the number of hungry people by 2015.• True!

3. Developing countries have more obese people than developed nations?• True!

4. South America has the highest percentage of people suffering from hunger.• False! Sub-Saharan Africa.

5. Nutrition-transition is a contributing factor of obesity.• True!