PUBHLTH 173 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Predatory Fish, Food Security
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Answer to sample midterm question: b) fall in death rates, but little change in birth rates. Video: gov brown orders mandatory water restrictions reduce in 25% of water consumption: more than 98% of california is suffering from abnormally dry conditions. Population is the single largest factor in influencing food demand. Rising personal incomes has also influenced economic development and food demand. People that can now afford it feel like they have to buy it. (more money= not more food but more high quality food: meat and dairy products tend to be more expensive) Regions which were once healthy now have more meat-based diets and increased rates in the some of the diseases we have here, usually stomach problems. Per capita consumption chart: only for developing countries (so not the us) impacting the people of health around the world. Trying to calculate world hunger is almost impossible.