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In Azerbaijan, the population consumes less food than it is determined by the World Health Organization. The consumption of high-calorie foods is especially low, reported the Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan to news agency "Salamnews."

The article notes that the annual rate of meat consumption per person is 84 kg, this figure is 33 kg in Azerbaijan. Consumption of milk and dairy products should be 360 kg per person in a year, but in Azerbaijan, on average, one person consumes only 248 kg, the consumption of fish and fishery products should be 20 kg, in Azerbaijan it is 6.8 kg, consumption of eggs is set as to 280 pcs. a year, while in Azerbaijan it makes 131 eggs.

The reports of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations read that food consumption level per person in Azerbaijan is low. "On the average in Azerbaijan, 2,242 calories goes per person a day. In Georgia, it makes is 2249 calories, in Ukraine 2727, in Belarus 3007, in Kazakhstan 3095 calories,” the report reads.

In Armenia the meat consumption per capita is a half times higher than in Azerbaijan and makes 45.5kg per year. Thus, according to the National Statistical Service people in Armenia consume an average of 2933.4 calories per day. This is 30.8% more than it consumes the population in Azerbaijan.