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Re:Treemap of World GDP by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) 2020 by alephknoll on Thursday March 28, 2024 @11:18AM (#39852650)
Been to new orleans. Didn't see anyone with 'caloric deficit' issues.

And you have it backwards. Louisiana has a problem with an overabundance of calories, not a lack of calories. Louisiana is one of most obese states in the country after all.

https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/prevalence-maps.html

There are legitimate issues with economic disparity in the country. Not sure why you are trying to tie it to calories?

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Re:Treemap of World GDP by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) 2020 by dopidopHN on Friday March 29, 2024 @07:39AM (#39862842)
Yeah calorie is probably not the right terms

Looking up what I had in mind the proper way to reference it is “food insecurity”

Source :

https://www.cpex.org/blog/stateofhunger

Or “no kid hungry Louisiana”, that the one I noticed here. Giving breakfast out in school. My first reaction was to wonder why. Digging I realized that a fair amount of kids were coming to school on a empty belly.

That’s it.

Also “been to New Orleans” is a funny statement! Congratulations on seeing Jackson square and the French quarter. It’s a city, not 10 historical blocks.

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