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FOOD RESOURCES - Coggle Diagram
FOOD RESOURCES
KQ1
How has food consumption changed?
Quantity of food consumption increased.
-More variety, vegetables, meat and fruits. Not only mostly staple food anymore.
Quality of food increases
-Healthier, organic and healthier food such as olive oil and organic vegetables.
Why has food consumption patterns changed?
Socio-cultural reasons
Change in food preferences
DCs
Becoming more health conscious and willing to buy and consume healthier food such as wholegrain, organic and olive oil.
Religious reasons
Certain religions have food restrictions. Eg. Muslims: Consumes halal food, no pork. Buddhists: Do not eat beef
LDCs
opt for a fast paced lifestyle and prefer cheap and faster fast food.
Population growth
Increase in food demand caused the increase in price when supply cannot meet demand
Political reasons
Stability of food supply.
War
Disrupted food production and distribution network
Food pricing increase
Droughts
Disrupted food production (lowers it)
Food safety
Government ensures quality of food and restricts contaminated food to be imported.
Eg. Singapore Food Agency (SFA) ensures food safety in Singapore. Although more than 90% of food is imported in Singapore, Singapore have one of the least food borne disease outbreaks in the world
So Singapore can enjoy
Economic reasons
Increase in disposable income
Greater purchasing power
Can afford a greater variety and quantity of food
COMPLEMENTS WITH
Pricing
More affordable raw ingredients results in food to be cheaper than before. Especially impacts LDCs that are more price sencetive.
LDQ
Impacts of variations of food consumptions
Excess
Health
Obese people are more vulnerable to chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and heart diseases. Eg. Almost 40% of American adults are obese in 2023.
Economics
Social
Dieting
Eg. Weight loss industry at $20 billion in USA. However, incorrect dieting can lead to eating disorders.
Inadequate/insufficient
Economic
Lower production
Sickness causes loss of school and working days. It also causes loss of opportunities
Diversion of financial resources
More sick people means more healthcare demand and gov needs to put in more money in healthcare causing decrease in costs for country's development. Which also caused decrease in economic growth
Long term debt
Health
Malnutrition
Eg. 50% of children are underweight in South Asia
Starvation
Extreme
Skeletally thin bodies and causes organ damage which results in death.
Eg. 38% of starving people come from Sub-Saharan Africa
Social
Scavenging
Search for food in rubbish. Eg. selling of pug-pug, recycled food in
a Philippines dump site
Political
Social Unrest
Hungry people went out on street to protest. (Hangry people) Eg. In 2022, the rise in food pricing caused many countries to experience protest. Europeans countries such as France experiences one of the biggest protests.
KQ2