• More than 850 million people are hungry around the world.
• 2 billion people suffer from a chronic lack of nutrients.
• 40 million people die each year from hunger, while daily are produced 356 kilograms of grain per person.
• Among 1967- 1997, world grain production increased by 84% and the world population grew by 67%, ensuring a system of food security at the global level.
• During the same period, the cost of food production fell dramatically, dragging a corresponding decrease and their prices.
• The food industry is spending 40 billion dollars on advertising.
• For every dollar spent by the World Health Organization to combat malnutrition, the food industry spends $ 500 for the promotion of processed foods.
• According to the World Health Organization, is currently 300 million. Adults worldwide are obese. 100 million more since 1995.
• By 2020, obesity and the complications created (cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and certain types of cancer) will account for 72% of deaths worldwide. In 1998, the figure was around 60%.
• From 1979 until mid-1990, the annual consumption of meat in the southern hemisphere has increased by 70 million tons, in contrast to an increase of 26 million tons recorded in the northern hemisphere.
• The U.S., China, EU and Brazil constitute 33% of the world population, which consumes 60% of world production calf, more than 70% of world production of poultry and more than 80% of pork production.
• In Russia and Brazil, according to data from 1996 and 1998, overweight people represent 45.4% and 31.8% of the adult population respectively.
• In the U.S. more than 40% of the food produced is thrown away in the trash, with a cost of over 100 billion dollars to American society. Calculated that 14% of food thrown away a household is packed and has not expired.
• If every American reduced meat consumption by 5%, if that is eating a dish less a week, then it will produce sufficient quantity of grain to feed 25 million people.
• If 670 million tons of global cereal production of animal feed was reduced by 10%, the excess grain would be enough to feed 225 million people.
• Slimming products currently represent a market in Europe 100 billion U.S. dollars, equivalent to the Gross National Product of Morocco.
• 5 multinationals control 90% of world trade in cereals.
• A multinational, Monsanto controls 91% of GM seeds in the world.
• 6 multinationals (BASF, Bayer, Dow, Dupont, Monsanto and Syngenta) control 75-80% of the global pesticide market. In 1994, the figure stood at 12 companies.
• Global meat consumption is destroying forests rapidly. In Central America, the last 40 years, 40% of the rainforest has been destroyed or burned to turn into cattle pastures.
• 10,000 different species have been used by people for food production for 10,000 years. Today, only 150 species nourish humanity and only 12 species provide 80% of the caloric value - wheat, rice, corn and potatoes make up 60%.

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