Table - Food Calorie Consumption: China, Japan, Korea, MDC, USA

Data - Diet Change
Average Daily Food Calorie Supply in the USA, MDCs, South Korea, Japan, and China, 1994-96
	kcal per Person per Day
	kcal					in % of total
	USA	MDCs	S.Korea	Japan	China	USA	MDCs	S.Korea	Japan	China
Grand total	3,624	3,183	3,303	2,898	2,766	100	100	100	100	100
Vegetable products	2,618	2,316	2,799	2,297	2,306	72	73	85	79	83
Animal products	1,006	867	503	600	461	28	27	15	21	17
Cereals (excl. beer)	851	1,009	1,550	1,186	1,646	23	32	47	41	60
Starchy roots	103	137	33	73	154	3	4	1	3	6
Sweeteners	640	396	309	286	71	18	12	9	10	3
Pulses	35	27	44	21	15	1	1	1	1	1
Vegetable oils	546	366	278	282	128	15	11	8	10	5
Vegetables	71	67	148	77	98	2	2	4	3	4
Fruits (excl. wine)	123	93	75	53	42	3	3	2	2	2
Alcoholic Beverages	158	149	255	161	82	4	5	8	6	3
Meat	428	332	264	160	320	12	10	8	6	12
Animal fats	123	152	57	43	35	3	5	2	1	1
Milk	373	279	29	112	15	10	9	1	4	1
Eggs	51	47	36	79	52	1	1	1	3	2
Fish, seafood	29	46	92	194	29	1	1	3	7	1
Other	93	83	133	171	79	3	3	4	6	3
Source: FAOSTAT (1998): Food Balance Sheets

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