Figure 8.1. Daily diet for a family of five in rural Malawi, consisting of maize porridge (nsima) and cooked pumpkin leaves (ndiwo). Photo copyright © Austin Dunn. Reprinted by permission. From Health and Medical Geography, 4th edition, by Emch, Root, & Carrel. Copyright 2017 by The Guilford Press.

Figure 8.2. Number of American farms (in millions, solid line) versus the average size of American farms (in acres, dashed line) over time. Source data: U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agriculture Statistics Service and Economic Research Service. From Health and Medical Geography, 4th edition, by Emch, Root, & Carrel. Copyright 2017 by The Guilford Press.

Figure 8.3. Percentage of adults who are overweight in countries versus the percentage of residents in those countries who are urban dwellers in 2014. Data from World Health Organization. From Health and Medical Geography, 4th edition, by Emch, Root, & Carrel. Copyright 2017 by The Guilford Press.

Figure 8.4. World protein production (in millions of tons) from 1961 to 2013. Note that total protein production also includes eggs and milk tonnage. Data from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. From Health and Medical Geography, 4th edition, by Emch, Root, & Carrel. Copyright 2017 by The Guilford Press.

Figure 8.5. U.S. hog production, by number of operations (in thousands, solid line) and inventory (in millions, dashed line). Data from U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agriculture Statistics Service. From Health and Medical Geography, 4th edition, by Emch, Root, & Carrel. Copyright 2017 by The Guilford Press.

Figure 8.6. Per capita consumption of sweeteners from 1966 to 2014 in the United States. Data from U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook. From Health and Medical Geography, 4th edition, by Emch, Root, & Carrel. Copyright 2017 by The Guilford Press.

Figure 8.7. Proportion of underweight and overweight children under age 5. Data from World Health Organization. From Health and Medical Geography, 4th edition, by Emch, Root, & Carrel. Copyright 2017 by The Guilford Press.

Figure 8.8. Census tracts defined as food deserts (shaded) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2010. Data from U.S. Department of Agriculture Research Service. From Health and Medical Geography, 4th edition, by Emch, Root, & Carrel. Copyright 2017 by The Guilford Press.

From Health and Medical Geography, 4th edition, by Emch, Root, & Carrel. Copyright 2017 by The Guilford Press.