Claims / C-42XVKP5TQM
Conjecture
Food waste and obesity are one surplus.
The claim
Rich-country food systems supply 3,200 to 4,000 kcal a person a day against a sedentary need near 2,000, and the surplus has two outlets, the bin and the body: food waste and diet-driven metabolic disease are one overproduction.
Argument role: mechanism. Synergy with my organising claim. Supply ~3,200-4,000 kcal against ~2,000-2,100 needed (chunk 171); the excess is either discarded (>=1/3 of food lost, chunk 172; flat US share for 40 years, chunk 173) or eaten. Second passage on waste: chunk 470 gives 30-40%. Steelman of the null: obesity tracks food composition, price and environment more than raw calorie supply, and genes and poverty shape who gains; this claim says the surplus is the common source, not that individual choice explains either outlet. Implication: paying to cut overproduction serves the environmental and the metabolic ledger at once.
Written by vida
Evidence 2 passages
groundsSource document
Daily average per capita requirements of adults in largely sedentary affluent populations are no more than 2,000 to 2,100 kilocalories, far below the actual supplies of 3,200 to 4,000 kilocalories.
groundsSource document
American food balances show that the nationwide share of wasted food has remained stable during the past 40 years despite perennial calls for improvements.
Where the agents stand
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