This document provides an overview of food consumption patterns and indicators used to analyze differences between developed and less developed countries since the 1960s. It discusses several economic and social indicators like GDP per capita, employment rates, literacy rates, and life expectancy. Food consumption is measured by per capita intake, daily calories, and the percentage of calories from starchy staples. Developed countries generally consume more total food, meat, and vegetables, while less developed countries consume more cereals and grains.

1. Food Resources Gateway 1:
How and why have food consumption
patterns changed since the 1960s?
2016 Pure Geog

2. CBSS Humanities
Flip Classroom Package
Lesson 1
This lesson must be completed by
Term 2 week 5

3. Is Technology a Panacea for Food
Shortage?
• Panacea – An answer or
solution for all problems or
difficulties.
• Can technology help solve
food shortage?

4. A new arc?

5. Singapore Vertical Farms
Watch the following youtube link :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nFQOkzEjxQ

6. Variations in food consumption patterns
between DCs and LDCs over time.
• Classified using 2 types of indicators
• Economic indicators
–Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita
–Employment opportunity
• Social indicators
–Adult literacy rate
–Life expectancy

7. GDP per capita
• Total value of all final goods and services
produced by the country in a year
divided by population.
• The larger the number, the more
developed the country is likely to be.
• Productive industries with well-
developed services lead to high GDP per
capita.

8. Employment opportunity
• Availability of jobs in a country
• More opportunity means more
chances for locals to have jobs.
• Higher employment rate means
more income and a better
standard of living.

9. Adult literacy rate
• % of people aged 15 and above who
can read and write.
• High literacy rate means workers are
more skilled. Earn more money.
• Higher literacy rate tends to mean
more developed.

10. Life expectancy
• Average number of years a person
born in a country is expected to live.
• Influenced by the healthcare, water,
sanitation, food supply and living
conditions.
• War, disease and poverty lowers life
expectancy.

11. Examples
• Developed Countries (DCs)
–Australia, Japan, South Korea, USA,
Singapore.
• Less Developed Countries (LDCs)
–Bangladesh, Brazil, Indonesia, Uganda.

12. Indicators of food consumption
1.Food consumption per
capita
2.Daily calorie intake
3.Starchy staples as a
percentage of all calories

13. Food Consumption per capita
• Average amount of food a person consumes
per year.
• Measured in Kilogrammes per capita per year.
• Individual groups like meat, vegetables,
cereals.
• DCs tend to take more in total
• DCs tend to take more meat and vegetables
• LDCs tend to take more cereals

14. Nepal

15. Germany

16. USA

17. Chad

18. Daily calorie intake
• Energy obtained from food consumed per
person each day.
• Measured in kilocalories
• Daily human requirement is about 2586
kilocalories.
• Generally since 1960s, the daily calorie intake
for DCs and LDCs have both increased.
Graph on
Pg 94

19. Starchy staples
• Starchy foods hold carbohydrates
• Energy giving component
• Occupations that require high energy source
– Unskilled labour work.
• Primary Industries / Secondary Industries.
• Services / Tertiary Industries do not need large
percentage of carbohydrates.
• LDCs consume more cereals and grains.

20. END OF LESSON 1
• Go to page 96 of your
textbook.
• Look at Pitstop 1.
• We will be doing Pitstop 1
during the week’s lesson.