HUNGER
People who starve to death each year: 11 million
Overweight U.S. adults: 34 million
Money Americans spent eating out, 1980: $52 billion; 1990: $236 billion. U.S.
expenditures for overseas food aid, 1980: $1.4 billion; 1990: $1.6 billion.
Average calories consumed daily, North Americans: 3500; Africans: 2100
People who are continually hungry; Ethiopia: 20%, Sudan: 20%, Mozambique: 30-40%,
American adults currently on diets: 19%
U.S. News and World Report, October 21, 1991.
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