Food · Facts & sources
4 sourced facts about food and diet, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answer68.1 lb per person (chicken)
Chicken overtook beef as America's top meat decades ago; USDA tracks per-capita availability of each meat every year.
Source: USDA Economic Research Service (2021) ers.usda.gov
Answerabout 66 million tons
Most of that wasted food, roughly 60%, ends up in landfills rather than being composted or donated.
Source: U.S. EPA (2019) epa.gov
Answer2016
It marked a long-term shift as dining out became a bigger part of the American food budget than cooking at home.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau retail data (via Wikipedia) (2016) en.wikipedia.org
Answer$160 billion
That's up from just $6 billion in 1970, showing how central fast food became to American eating habits.
Source: Wikipedia, citing industry data (2012) en.wikipedia.org