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Article: Chicken Consumption Continues Longrun Rise
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- Amber Waves
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- April 1, 2006
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Is chicken on your menu today? Perhaps in an enchilada or a stir fry made at home, or chicken tenders at a restaurant tonight? If so, you will have plenty of company. Chicken consumption more than doubled between 1970 and 2004, from 27.4 pounds per person to 59.2 pounds (boneless, edible weight). Chicken is gaining ground on beef, the current leading meat.
Chicken consumption has climbed since the 1940s, according to ERS's per capita food availability data, a widely used proxy for actual food intake. Food availability data go back to 1909 for many commodities and include all food-from grocery stores, restaurants, school cafeterias, and other eating places.
Part of the rise in chicken ...