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| SPECIAL REPORT | WORLD FOOD DAY, OCTOBER 16
3,322
3,484
N o r t h
S e a
UNITED STATES • 3,729 calories/person/day
On average, people in the U.S. have
the most calories available* to them
on a daily basis—the equivalent of
one and a half large pepperoni pizzas.
A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
IRELAND • 3,590
3,414
3,22
2,614
BELGIUM • 3,719
3,071
2,770
GUATEMALA
2,374
CALORIES COUNT
By Kelsey Nowakowski
The world’s farmers grow enough food
to end global hunger, but 795 million
people remain undernourished. Poverty
keeps many from meeting the UN
Food and Agriculture Organization’s
recommended average intake of 2,353
calories a day. Access is the primary
problem, says the FAO’s Carlo Cafiero.
Political unrest, economic crises, and
natural disasters can snarl food distribution,
creating pockets of scarcity
that exacerbate people’s struggle to
access food.
The world has made progress
against hunger. Undernourishment
has declined from 23 to 13 percent in
developing countries over the past
quarter century. Even so, what a country
eats reflects its economic status:
People in less prosperous nations get
more calories from grains or starchy
roots; in industrialized countries, animal
protein, fats, and sugar make up
a larger portion of meals.
HONDURAS
2,538
EL SALVADOR
2,573
2,773
NICARAGUA
2,420
2,824
3,227
PANAMA
2,444
2,658
1,988
Haiti has the
world’s highest
prevalence of undernourishment,
at 53 percent.
2,764
2,918
DOM. REP.
2,375
C a r i b b e a n
S e a
VENEZUELA
2,593
2,145
ST. KITTS & NEVIS
2,480
2,842
2,687
GRENADA
2,377
2,609
2,618
2,907
2,261
2,643
2,987
2,780
2,276
While undernourishment across
South America has decreased by more
than 75 percent since the early 1990s, the
proportion of underweight children declined
more slowly due, in part, to poor diet.
PERU
2,473
2,866
3,107
CABO VERDE
2,498
PORTUGAL • 3,516
SENEGAL
2,321
2,285
2,168
2,718
GAMBIA
2,551
2,150
FRANCE • 3,545
3,243 IT
3,250
GUINEA
2,473
2,677
BURKINA FASO
2,545
2,733
M e d i
2,827
2,287
3,
t
3,051
BEN
2,4
SAO TO
2
3,135