GGS 12 Lab: Food Intake around the World /30

Name: ______Due Date: ______

Purpose:

To analyze average food consumption and malnourishment patterns around the world by creating a chloropleth map.

Introduction:

The dietary energy consumption per person is the amount of food, in kilocalorie per day, for each individual in the total population.

It is considered necessary for a human to ingest a diet of 2770 kilocalories (kcal)/day to remain healthy. Therefore, to calculate the percent of the required intake use the following formula.

kcal / person / day x 100%

2 770

Example: Canada 3 590 kcal/person/day x 100% = 129.6 %

2 770 kcal/person/day

Therefore, Canadians have on average a diet that is 130% of what is required. On average we consume 30% more than what is necessary for survival.

Procedure:

1.  Use the formula above to calculate the percentage of required food intake for the one hundred countries given in table one. (10 points)

2.  Create a chloropleth map using the following categories. (10 points)

Country Data Not Included = white

Under 85% = brown/black

85% - 100% = green

101% - 115% = yellow

Above 115% = red

Remember to include a title and colour key on your map.

Results:

Table One: 2001 World Food Intake by Country (Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations).

Country

/ 2001 Dietary Energy (kcal/person/day) / Required Food Intake (%) / /

Country

/ 2001 Dietary Energy (kcal/person/day) / Required
Food Intake
(%)
Albania / 2860 / Japan / 2770
Algeria / 3040 / Jordan / 2680
Angola / 2070 / Kenya / 2150
Argentina / 2980 / Kuwait / 3060
Australia / 3120 / Latvia / 3020
Austria / 3740 / Lebanon / 3170
Bangladesh / 2200 / Liberia / 1940
Barbados / 3110 / Madagascar / 2040
Belarus / 2960 / Malaysia / 2870
Belize / 2840 / Mali / 2230
Bosnia and Herzegovina / 2710 / Mexico / 3180
Botswana / 2180 / Mongolia / 2250
Brazil / 3060 / Namibia / 2260
Bulgaria / 2850 / Nepal / 2450
Burundi / 1640 / Netherlands / 3440
Cambodia / 2060 / New Zealand / 3200
Cameroon / 2270 / Nicaragua / 2290
Canada / 3590 / 129.6 / Niger / 2160
Chad / 2160 / Nigeria / 2700
Chile / 2860 / Norway / 3480
China / 2940 / Pakistan / 2340
Colombia / 2580 / Peru / 2570
Côte d'Ivoire / 2630 / Philippines / 2450
Croatia / 2770 / Poland / 3370
Cuba / 3190 / Portugal / 3750
Czech Republic / 3240 / Romania / 3520
Denmark / 3450 / Russian Fed. / 3080
Djibouti / 2220 / Rwanda / 2070
Dominican Republic / 2290 / Saudi Arabia / 2820
Ecuador / 2710 / Senegal / 2310
Egypt / 3350 / Sierra Leone / 1930
El Salvador / 2560 / Slovakia / 2830
Ethiopia / 1860 / South Africa / 2940
Finland / 3150 / Spain / 3410
France / 3640 / Sri Lanka / 2390
Gambia / 2280 / Sudan / 2260
Germany / 3490 / Sweden / 3160
Ghana / 2650 / Switzerland / 3500
Greece / 3680 / Tanzania, / 1960
Guatemala / 2210 / Thailand / 2410
Haiti / 2090 / Turkey / 3340
Honduras / 2360 / Uganda / 2380
Hungary / 3500 / United Arab Emirates / 3220
Iceland / 3240 / United Kingdom / 3440
India / 2440 / U.S.A. / 3770
Indonesia / 2880 / Uruguay / 2850
Iran, Islamic Rep. of / 3090 / Venezuela / 2350
Ireland / 3690 / Viet Nam / 2580
Italy / 3670 / Zambia / 1930

Analysis Questions:

1.

a.  Which continent has the greatest proportion of overnourished people? (1 point)

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b.  Name four countries that have above the necessary food intake. (1 point)

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c.  What do most of these countries have in common? (1 point)

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d.  Why are the people in these countries consuming more food than they need for survival? (1 point)

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2.

a.  Which continent has the greatest proportion of undernourished people? (1 point)

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b.  Name four countries that have under the necessary food intake. (1 point)

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c.  What do most of these countries have in common? (1 point)

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d.  Why are the people in these countries consuming less food than they need for survival? (1 point)

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Conclusion: (2 points)

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