Hunger and Malnutrition
Developping country
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The United Nations World Food Program recommends a daily intake of 2,300 calories per person.
Theoretically providing enough for everyone in the world to have at least 2,720 calories each day.
However more than 840 million people are hungry today.
Hunger is defined by the United Nations as a diet consisting of less than 2,000 calories a day.
The majority of the world's hungry are concentrated in Indea and sub - Sahara African countries.
Theoretically providing enough for everyone in the world to have at least 2,720 calories each day.
However more than 840 million people are hungry today.
Hunger is defined by the United Nations as a diet consisting of less than 2,000 calories a day.
The majority of the world's hungry are concentrated in Indea and sub - Sahara African countries.
While...
Developed country
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Some people who live in developed countries consume a much laeger percentage of food calories.
In developed countries, more than 1 billion people overate to the point of being overweight or obese.
In 2004 one - falf of adults in the United States exceeded the upper healthy weight limit.