Over the past ten ten years, Venezuelans’ average daily caloric intake surpassed United Nations standards, and the rate of malnutrition dropped by more than two thirds, according to the National Nutrition Institute.
Average daily consumption increased from 2,200 calories in 1998, the year President Hugo Chavez was elected to his first term, to more than 2,700 calories in 2008, exceeding than the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization recommendation of 2,300 calories per day, government figures show.
Also, the state-run Bolivarian News Agency (ABN) reported that Venezuela’s rate of malnutrition dropped from 21% in 1998 to 6% in 2007, a time period during which poverty and extreme poverty decreased by half.
Government officials attribute these achievements to the Chavez administration’s efforts to turn the oil-exporting nation into a food producer, and make food affordable to the poor.
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