Dietary energy supply
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The dietary energy supply is the food available for human consumption, usually expressed in kilocalories per person per day. It gives an overestimate of the total amount of food consumed as it reflects both food consumed and food wasted. It varies markedly between different regions and countries of the world. It has also changed significantly over the 21st century. Dietary energy supply is correlated with the rate of obesity
Obesity
Obesity is 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...
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Regions
Region | 1964-1966 | 1974-1976 | 1984-1986 | 1997-1999 |
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World World World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth.... |
2358 kcal/day | 2435 kcal/day | 2655 kcal/day | 2803 kcal/day |
Sub Saharan Africa | 2058 kcal/day | 2079 kcal/day | 2057 kcal/day | 2195 kcal/day |
Countries
Country | 1979-1981 | 1989-1991 | 2001-2003 |
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Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
2930 kcal/day | 3030 kcal/day | 3590 kcal/day |
China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |
2330 kcal/day | 2680 kcal/day | 2940 kcal/day |
Swaziland Swaziland Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique... |
2400 kcal/day | 2450 kcal/day | 2360 kcal/day |
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
3170 kcal/day | 3250 kcal/day | 3440 kcal/day |
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
3180 kcal/day | 3460 kcal/day | 3770 kcal/day |