Food is a basis of survival. It is necessary to be able to live our lives and yet so many do not know what or when their next meal will be. I am very fortunate to be able to say I grew up not having to worry about if I was going to be able to eat my next meal. I am very grateful for that. I know a lot of people in the US and especially in other countries in the world cannot say the same. Having come to college I have learned more about food production and consumption in a few different classes. I have learned that we have more than enough food (calories) in the world, the issue is maldistribution and the actually quality of the calories being eaten. Many places also waste a lot of food. For example at the university of Oregon people constantly waste food. We get served standardized big [portions that most people don’t eat all of. And there is not even a compost to put the waste in, it goes directly in the trash which is the worst way to dispose of food waste. I know that my food waste for any once meal does not directly impact other peoples food insecurity across other countries. But the maldistribution of food leaves snout 1 billion people starved and 1 billion people stuffed. Meaning over 1 billion people suffer from food insecurity while 1 billion others suffer from obesity or too many calories that they intake from food.

Specifically in Denmark as of 2018 according to the article Food insecurity in Denmark-socio-demographic determinants and associations with eating- and health-related variables, the “prevalence of low and very low food security was 6.0% and 2.4%, respectively.” There is not a lot of food insecurity in Denmark compared to many other countries.

Lund TB, Holm L, Tetens I, Smed S, Nielsen AL. Food insecurity in Denmark-socio-demographic determinants and associations with eating- and health-related variables. Eur J Public Health. 2018 Apr 1;28(2):283-288. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckx121. PMID: 29020375.