"Even so, the well-documented global food losses have been excessively high, mostly because of an indefensible difference between output and actual needs: **daily average per capita requirements of adults in largely sedentary affluent populations are no more than 2,000–2,100 kilocalories, far below the actual supplies of 3,200–4,000 kilocalories**." ([Location 1461](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=1461)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[diet]], [[economics]], [[demographics]], [[data-analytics]], [[food-production]], [[food-security]] **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]