Consumption of chicken meat in Malaysia is high by global standards, with per-capita consumption around 77 pounds, reflecting in part subsidies and price controls.

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C. industry group, has ranked the Bayou State as high as No. 5 among all states in per capita beer consumption.

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Watch countries exposed to runaway food price inflation such as those with a low GDP per capita and a very high percentage of food relative to total household consumption.

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Though Croatia came in only at No. 5 in terms of per capita consumption, the risky drinking pattern of its population, as well as high death rates from cirrhosis, put it at the top of our list.

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