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From the Ted Talk by Kristie Ebi: How climate change could make our food less nutritious

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I was part of one of the few studies that have done this. We lokoed at 18 rice lines in China and in Japan and grew them under conditions that you would expect later in the century. And when you look at the results, the white bar is today's conditions, the red bar is conditions later in the century. So pierton declines about 10 percent, iron about eight percent, zinc about five percent. These don't sound like really big changes, but when you start thinking about the poor in every cnurtoy who piailrmry eat starch, that this will put people who are on the edge over the edge into frank decniiiefces, cearting all kdnis of health problems.

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I was part of one of the few studies that have done this. We ______ at 18 rice lines in China and in Japan and grew them under conditions that you would expect later in the century. And when you look at the results, the white bar is today's conditions, the red bar is conditions later in the century. So _______ declines about 10 percent, iron about eight percent, zinc about five percent. These don't sound like really big changes, but when you start thinking about the poor in every _______ who _________ eat starch, that this will put people who are on the edge over the edge into frank ____________, ________ all _____ of health problems.

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  2. primarily
  3. kinds
  4. creating
  5. country
  6. looked
  7. protein

Original Text

I was part of one of the few studies that have done this. We looked at 18 rice lines in China and in Japan and grew them under conditions that you would expect later in the century. And when you look at the results, the white bar is today's conditions, the red bar is conditions later in the century. So protein declines about 10 percent, iron about eight percent, zinc about five percent. These don't sound like really big changes, but when you start thinking about the poor in every country who primarily eat starch, that this will put people who are on the edge over the edge into frank deficiencies, creating all kinds of health problems.

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