Apr 28 • General discussion
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American per-capita annual consumption, 1909 vs 2019:
Beef: 64 lb → 56 lb
Pork: 66 lb → 51 lb
Whole milk: 232 lb → 51 lb (skim now dominant)
Butter: 18 lb → 6 lb
Lard: 12 lb → 1.5 lb
Eggs: 305 → 280
Cheese, real: 4 lb → 18 lb (mostly processed)
American per-capita annual consumption that did not exist in 1909:
- Soybean oil: 0 lb → 56 lb
- Corn oil: 0 lb → 12 lb
- Canola oil: 0 lb → 14 lb
- High-fructose corn syrup: 0 lb → 38 lb
- Refined cane sugar: 76 lb → 105 lb
- Bottled soda: 0 gal → 38 gal
- Industrial breakfast cereal: 0 lb → 10 lb
- Frozen dinners: 0 → roughly 2 per week
American adult average weight, 1909: 154 lb.
American adult average weight, 2019: 198 lb.
American obesity rate, 1909: under 1 percent.
American obesity rate, 2019: 42 percent.
Same country. Same families. 110 years.
The animal column went down.
The industrial column went up.
The waistline followed the industrial column.
Working it out yet?
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