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   From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com   
      
   Which countries eat the most meat?   
      
   By Hannah Ritchie   
   Oxford Martin School   
   BBC News   
   February 4, 2019   
      
   You may have heard an increasing number of people vow to   
   reduce their meat eating lately -- or cut it out   
   altogether.   
      
   This often forms part of a bid to become healthier, reduce   
   their environmental impact, or consider animal welfare.   
      
   A third of Britons claim to have either stopped eating meat   
   or reduced it, while two thirds of those in the US say they   
   are eating less of at least one meat.   
      
   This trend is partly thanks to initiatives such as Meat-   
   free Mondays and Veganuary. At the same time, a number of   
   documentaries and high-profile advocates of veganism have   
   highlighted the potential benefits of eating less meat.   
      
   But have these sentiments had any effect on the ground?   
      
   Rising incomes   
      
   What we do know is that global meat consumption has   
   increased rapidly over the past 50 years.   
      
   Meat production today is nearly five times higher than in   
   the early 1960s -- from 70 million tonnes to more than 330   
   million tonnes in 2017.   
      
   A big reason for this is that there are many more people to   
   feed.   
      
   Over that period the world population more than doubled. In   
   the early 1960s there were around three billion of us, and   
   today there are more than 7.6 billion.   
      
   While population is part of the story, it doesn't entirely   
   account for why meat production increased five-fold.   
      
   Another key factor is rising incomes.   
      
   Around the world, people have become richer, with the   
   global average income more than tripling in half a century.   
      
   When we compare consumption across different countries we   
   see that, typically, the richer we are the more meat we   
   eat.   
      
   There are not just more people in the world -- there are   
   more people who can afford to eat meat.   
      
   Who eats the most meat?   
      
   We see a clear link with wealth when looking at patterns of   
   meat consumption across the world.   
      
   In 2013, the most recent year available, the US and   
   Australia topped the tables for annual meat consumption.   
   Alongside New Zealand and Argentina, both countries topped   
   more than 100kg per person, the equivalent to about 50   
   chickens or half a cow each.   
      
   Continues at:   
      
   https://www.bbc.com/news/health-47057341   
      
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