- One child in four is overweight or obese, and one in three will develop diabetes in his or her lifetime.
- After paying for overhead costs, schools are left with only $1.00 to purchase food.
- 49 million people, including 17 million children, lived in households that experienced hunger multiple times throughout the year.
- A typical carrot travels 1,838 miles to reach your dinner table.
- Nearly 1 in 7 people do not get enough food to be healthy and lead an active life, making hunger and malnutrition the number one risk to health worldwide – greater than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.
MLA: "Fast Facts about Sustainable Food - National Wildlife Federation." Fast Facts about Sustainable Food - National Wildlife Federation. Web. 15 Apr. 2015. <http://www.nwf.org/Eco-Schools-USA/Become-an-Eco-School/Pathways/Sustainable-Food/Facts.aspx>.
APA: Fast Facts about Sustainable Food - National Wildlife Federation. (n.d.). Retrieved April 15, 2015, from http://www.nwf.org/Eco-Schools-USA/Become-an-Eco-School/Pathways/Sustainable-Food/Facts.aspx
Drew Stewart
ReplyDeleteWow the facts are pretty dang scary. I know that for a while my sister stopped eating any meals but dinner and could only eat a small amount at dinner due to not eating at other times during the day. This was all caused by the meager and unappetizing food the schools gave the students which stems back to the low budget schools have for food.