Eating Habits Of Britons Show Change
LONDON, August 24 Britons are changing their eating habits—and they are eating more. , Beef, for so long the traditional Sunday dinner, is not so popular. The
trend is towards chicken. This was revealed in figures issued yesterday by the Board of Trade—a vast “menu” showing what the average Briton eats in a year, the “Daily Mirror” said. The figures showed: Britons were eating more meat—apart from beef—and more poultry, potatoes, fresh vegetables and fruit than before World War 11.
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Consumption of beef had fallen from 531 b a head before the war to 47.81 b last year. Consumption of poultry had risen from 5.11 b to 14.61 b Butter eaten had fallen from 24.71 b a head to 19.71 b. Margarine had increased in popularity, rising from 8.71 b to 12.71 b. The “Daily Mirror" said game birds like pheasant and partridge “hardly got a look in any more” in spite of the increased consumption of poultry. Rabbits had almost disappeared from the tables. Consumption of fish and sugar had also fallen.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29910, 25 August 1962, Page 11
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