How does your meat consumption stack up? Based on this graph, it looks like the typical American eats nearly 200 pounds of meat per year. That's as much as you'd get from an entire full-grown man.Think Canadians are better? We are: according to statistics from StatsCan, Canadians ate 42.26 kilograms (about 93 pounds) of meat, poultry, and fish in 2009. (However, this number is adjusted for spoilage and other losses.)
What is telling about this graph is how the graph doesn't even blip in most categories during war times. It's a stark contrast to Canada - our first "food rules", as predecessors to the Food Guide, were developed as a "focal point" for nutrition during World War II. Food during the war was scarce and people were poor. The food rules created in 1942 recommended only one serving of meat per day, noting that serving could be substituted with beans, peas, eggs, nuts, or cheese.
And for those of you who saw the link to the infographic but missed the full article, here it is: No Face, but Plants Like Life Too.
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