World Diets
What country eats the most calories?
USA
What century did the population really start growing?
18th century
What is an essential nutrient?
A nutrient needed for growth, cannot be made by the body
What two things cause population to grow in a country?
Birth rate and Immigration
What is the current trend of the worlds population?
Growing slowly, getting older, more urban
Which country eats the least calories?
Somalia
What is the trend of the average growth rate percentage in the last 30 years?
declining or becoming smaller
What is the main difference between saturated and unsaturated fats?
their chemical structure, unsaturated have a bend due to a double bond
What causes population to decline in a country?
Emigration and more deaths than births
What three things does population interact with?
Economics, Environment, culture
Which country eats the most grain
North Korea
How does the worlds population change?
Births and deaths
Which energy source do we get the most kilocalories from?
Lipids
What is the Malthusian Theory?
That the population will grow to a certain point and a natural disaster will bring the population back down
What is the projected population for 2050?
Almost 10 billion
Which country eats the most pork?
China
Large cultural center, larger pool of workers, specialty services
Which vitamins can be stored in the body?
fat soluble, A,D,E,K
What is replacement level fertility?
How many births a couple needs to have to replace the dying population
What are two advantages of population growth?
More GDP, services, more/cheap labor, higher demand for services/goods
Which country drinks the most alcohol?
Germany
infrastructure lag, competition for jobs, expensive goods and services
Name two of the 9 essential amino acids
histidine, isoleucine, leucine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, valine
Which area of the world is growing the fastest?
Africa
How can we fix the population problems?
More technology, Less people, use stuff more efficiently