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 123.5 lb
That's down sharply from a peak of over 150 pounds per person in 1999, as soda consumption has declined.
Source: USDA Economic Research Service (2023) ers.usda.gov
Answerabout $570 billion
The industry has grown enormously since fast food's early days; U.S. fast-food spending alone was just $6 billion back in 1970.
Source: Wikipedia, citing industry data (2018) 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