Bit of a crap post really.

What is meant by the US uses or throws away 3770 calories per person? Does
this include waste food and drink from retailers? Is this uses, or is
thrown away? Does this include trimming the fat off meat? Etc...


"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
...
> From:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/bu...b&e i=5087%0A
>
> The United States uses - or throws away - 3,770 calories
> a person each day, according to data from the United Nations
> Food and Agriculture Organization collected in 2001-3, compared
> with 2,440 calories per person in India.
>
> [..]
>
> Pradeep S. Mehta, secretary general of the center for
> international trade, economics and the environment of
> CUTS International, an independent research institute
> based here, said that if Americans slimmed down to the
> weight of middle-class Indians, many hungry people in
> sub-Saharan Africa would find food on their plates.
>
> He added, archly, that the money spent in the United
> States on liposuction to get rid of fat from excess
> consumption could be funneled to feed famine victims.
>
> Mr. Mehta's comments may sound like the macroeconomic
> equivalent of "so's your old man", but they reflect genuine
> outrage and ballooning criticism toward the United States
> in particular, over recent remarks by President Bush.
>
>
> Steve