“U.S. fast food consumption is trending down,” reports The Doomslayer. “New CDC data show that—as of mid‑2023—adults get just 11.7 percent of their daily calories from fast food, down from 14 percent in 2013–14. Among kids and teens, fast food accounts for 11.4 percent of daily calories, and about 30 percent eat it on any given day, compared to over 36 percent in the mid-2010s.”
Kids and teens consumed fewer calories from fast foods over the decade that ended in mid-2023, according to newly published CDC data….Kids ages 2 through 19 consumed an average of 11.4% of their daily calories from fast food on a given day between August 2021 and August 2023, according to data from the CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
- That’s down from an average of nearly 14% in 2013 and 2014, per CDC data.
- For adults age 20 and up, average calories from fast food fell from about 14% in 2013 and 2014 to 11.7% during mid-2021 to mid-2023.
- Food reported as “restaurant fast food/pizza” on survey responses was considered fast food for these analyses, CDC’s data brief said.
About 30% of youth ages 2 through 19 ate fast food on any given day between August 2021 and 2023. That figure exceeded 36% between 2015 and 2018…The research did not identify a difference in fast food consumption between boys and girls, or between adult men and women.
Britain has approved lab-grown meat, but it has been banned in Italy to protect farmers from competition.
If people are concerned about the environmental impact of consuming meat, they can also shift to consuming types of meat that don’t have as much effect on the environment. For example, guinea pigs are a much more efficient source of protein, per acre, than cattle, generating four times as much meat per acre. Guinea pigs also generate less greenhouse gas emissions per pound of meat. So they are an earth-friendly food.
