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! Year !! Category !! Event type !! Details!! Country/location

| 1921 || {{w|Overnutrition}} || || "The first fast-food hamburger chain, White Castle, was founded in Wichita, Kansas".<ref name="Timeline: History of the Fast Food Epidemic">{{cite web |title=Timeline: History of the Fast Food Epidemic |url=https://blogs.uoregon.edu/charligf13gateway/timeline/ |website=blogs.uoregon.edu |accessdate=9 December 2019}}</ref>||

| 1955 || {{w|Overnutrition}} || || "Ray Kroc founded the first McDonald’s in Des Plaines, Illinois and would go on to become the most influential fast-food pioneer in history. By 1958, Kroc had sold his 100 millionth hamburger."<ref name="Timeline: History of the Fast Food Epidemic"/>||

| 1961 || || || {{w|World Food Programme}}||

| 1967 || {{w|Overnutrition}} || || "High fructose corn syrup was first introduced by The Food and Drug Administration and appeared in fast food. This new substance was primarily used in soft drinks and to sweeten processed food items."<ref name="Timeline: History of the Fast Food Epidemic"/>||

| 1969 || || || "A White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health was organized by President Richard Nixon to draw attention to widespread malnutrition and the nutritional problems of Americans. The conference goal was to compose a national nutrition policy and determine how to make it effective."<ref name="Timeline: History of the Fast Food Epidemic"/>||

| 1973 || || || "The Food and Drug Administration created the first regulations that required the nutrition labeling of foods. These regulations made any foods that were advertised or labeled based on their nutritional value to provide full nutrition facts."<ref name="Timeline: History of the Fast Food Epidemic"/>||

| 1975 || || || {{w|WhyHunger}}||

| 1977 || || Organization || {{w|The Hunger Project}}||

| 1979 || || Organization || {{w|Action Against Hunger}}||

| 1985 || || || {{w|Project Open Hand}}||

| 1989 || {{w|Overnutrition}} || || "Wendy’s first introduced their $0.99 Super Value Menu, which consisted of several popular items for a bargain. "<ref name="Timeline: History of the Fast Food Epidemic"/>||

| 1990 || || || "There were 795 million undernourished people in the world in 2014, a decrease of 216 million since 1990"<ref name="The State of Food Insecurity in the World">{{cite web |title=The State of Food Insecurity in the World |url=http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4646e.pdf |website=fao.org |accessdate=9 December 2019}}</ref>||

| 1992 || || || {{w|Food Donation Connection}}||

| 2002 || {{w|Overnutrition}} || || "A group of overweight children sued the McDonald’s Corporation for obesity related health problems because of their consumption of McDonald’s products. The children wanted more accessible nutritional labeling of products and appropriate funding for programs to educate consumers about the risks of fast food. "<ref name="Timeline: History of the Fast Food Epidemic"/>||

| 2002 || || || The {{w|United Nations}} Special Session on Children sets a goal of the elimination of {{w|vitamin A deficiency}} by 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.rutgers.edu/research-news/preventing-vitamin-deficiency-little-friendly-bacteria-might-go-long-way/20111219|title=In Preventing Vitamin A Deficiency, a Little Friendly Bacteria Might Go a Long Way|date=2011-12-19|website=Rutgers Today|language=en|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>||

| 2003 || || || {{w|Nutrition and Education International}}||

| 2004 || || || " Morgan Spurlock’s controversial documentary Super Size Me debuted. Spurlock ate a diet consisting of only McDonald’s for 30 days as he explored the fast food industry and major health risks. McDonald’s later took their “Super Size” option off their menu because of the repercussions from the film."<ref name="Timeline: History of the Fast Food Epidemic"/>||

| 2006 || {{w|Overnutrition}} || || "Wendy’s enhanced the size and names of their drinks to keep up with the demand for soda from their consumers. They changed the name of their 32-ounce soda “biggie” to medium, added large 42-ounce soda, changed medium French fries to small, “biggie” to medium, and “great biggie” to large."<ref name="Timeline: History of the Fast Food Epidemic"/>||

| 2006 || || || {{w|Global Hunger Index}}||

| 2007 || || || {{w|World Hunger Relief}}||

| 2010 || || || "Malnutrition, as of 2010, was the cause of 1.4% of all {{w|disability adjusted life years}}."<ref name=Murray2012>{{cite journal|last1=Murray|first1=CJ|title=Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010|journal=Lancet|date=Dec 15, 2012|volume=380|issue=9859|pages=2197–223|pmid=23245608|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61689-4}}</ref>|||- || | 2013 || {{w|Overnutrition}} || || "Wendy’s enhanced the size and names of their drinks to keep up with the demand for soda from their consumers. They changed the name of their 32-ounce soda “biggie” to medium, added large 42-ounce soda, changed medium French fries to small, “biggie” to medium, and “great biggie” to large."<ref name="Timeline: History of the Fast Food Epidemic"/> ||

| 2013 || {{w|OvernutritionUndernutrition}} || || "Wendy’s enhanced the size and names of their drinks An estimated 165 million children are estimated to keep up with the demand for soda have {{w|stunted growth}} from their consumers. They changed malnutrition in the name of their 32-ounce soda “biggie” to medium, added large 42-ounce soda, changed medium French fries to small, “biggie” to medium, and “great biggie” to largeyear."<ref name="TimelineBh2013>{{cite journal|last1=Bhutta|first1=ZA|last2=Das|first2=JK|last3=Rizvi|first3=A|last4=Gaffey|first4=MF|last5=Walker|first5=N|last6=Horton|first6=S|last7=Webb|first7=P|last8=Lartey|first8=A|last9=Black|first9=RE|last10=Lancet Nutrition Interventions Review|first10=Group|last11=Maternal and Child Nutrition Study|first11=Group|title=Evidence-based interventions for improvement of maternal and child nutrition: History of the Fast Food Epidemic"what can be done and at what cost?|journal=Lancet|date=Aug 3, 2013|volume=382|issue=9890|pages=452–77|pmid=23746776|doi=10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60996-4}}</ref>||

| 2013 2014 || {{w|Undernutrition}} || || An estimated 165 "There were 795 million children are estimated to have {{w|stunted growth}} from malnutrition undernourished people in the year.world in 2014, a decrease of 216 million since 1990"<ref name=Bh2013"The State of Food Insecurity in the World"/>{{cite journal|last1=Bhutta|first1=ZA|last2=Das|first2=JK|last3=Rizvi|first3=A|last4=Gaffey|first4=MF|last5=Walker|first5=N|last6=Horton|first6=S|last7=Webb|first7=P|last8=Lartey|first8=A|last9=Black|first9=RE|last10=Lancet Nutrition Interventions Review|first10=Group|last11=Maternal and Child Nutrition Study|first11=Group|title=Evidence-based interventions for improvement of maternal and child nutrition: what can be done and at what cost?|journal=Lancet|date=Aug 3, 2013|volume=382|issue=9890|pages=452–77|pmid=23746776|doi=10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60996-4}}</ref>

| 2014 2017 || || || "There The United Nations estimated that there were 795 821 million undernourished people in the world in 2014, a decrease of 216 million since 19902017"<ref name="The State of Food Insecurity in the World"/>||

| 2017 || || || "The United Nations estimated that there were 821 million undernourished people in the world in 2017"|-| 2018 || {{w|Undernutrition}} || || There were 821 million undernourished people in the world in the year (10.8% of the total population).<ref name ="FAO2019">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/3/ca5162en/ca5162en.pdf|title=The state of food security and nutrition in the world (2019)|publisher= {{w|FAO}}|date=15 July 2019|accessdate=9 December 2019}}</ref>||