In celebration of World Food Day (which was last Friday), Roger Doiron served up some interesting figures about the way we eat in the U.S. and around the world.
Some sticking points for me:
- 90%: percentage of fruit/vegetable varieties lost in the U.S. in the last 100 years
- 3500: number of vegetable varieties owned by Monsanto
- 76 million: number of people that who fall ill each year due to food poisioning
- 50 gallons: volume of sugared beverages consumed per person in the U.S. each year
- $15 billion: annual estimated revenue of a penny-per-ounce tax on soda
- 72 million: number of American adults considered obese
- 33%: percentage of U.S. children likely to develop obesity or Type 2 diabetes
- 10-15: average number of years their lives will be shortened as a result
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