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Case Study → Cultural Diffusion - Changing Diets in Asia (Edexcel A-Level Geography): Revision Notes

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Case Study \to Cultural Diffusion - Changing Diets in Asia Context ● Traditional Asian diets are often low in meat and high in vegetables ● Globalisation is shifting Asian diets towards'Western' styles, eg. meat & fast food ○ Common among the emerging and middle class ● Food demands are expected to continue to grow as more escape poverty Impacts (general) ● During the 1990s, China's annual meat consumption per capita has ↑ from 5 to 50kg ● By 2015 China had also become the world's biggest market for processed food Impacts (environment) Physical environment is impacted on both a local and global scale ● Livestock farming ↑ ∴ + methane ● Crops need to be imported across the world to feed the farm animals ○ Vast areas of Amazonia deforested to make space for crops Positives ● More of a varied diet ● Women spend less time preparing food, allowing them to more easily enter the workforce Updated Asian Diet Pyramid*

Context	● Traditional Asian diets are often low in meat and high in vegetables ● Globalisation is shifting Asian diets towards 'Western' styles, eg. meat & fast food ○ Common among the emerging and middle class ● Food demands are expected to continue to grow as more escape poverty
Impacts (general)	● During the 1990s, China's annual meat consumption per capita has ↑ from 5 to 50kg ● By 2015 China had also become the world's biggest market for processed food
Impacts (environment)	Physical environment is impacted on both a local and global scale ● Livestock farming ↑ ∴ + methane ● Crops need to be imported across the world to feed the farm animals ○ Vast areas of Amazonia deforested to make space for crops
Positives	● More of a varied diet ● Women spend less time preparing food, allowing them to more easily enter the workforce

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