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Re:Is There Enough Meat for Everyone? by have_humility on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @10:42AM (#9420758)
What are the numbers on the chart in the linked page supposed to mean? Average meat consumption per capita per year, organized by country? And the bigger question: how do this kinds of charts keep getting made, and how do articles that otherwise make no hint at their own charts' existence keep being published?
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Re:Is There Enough Meat for Everyone? by diego_moita on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @10:55AM (#9420853)
It is a good question.

I think it refers to carcass per person. This means that they're counting the weight of non-eaten tissue (bones, skin, intestines, brains, etc).

The chart sounds odd to me. I am Brazilian and I know that Argentinians and Uruguayans consume a lot more meat than us, I believe even more than the Americans.

When it comes to non-carcass, edible meat only we are at 37 kg per person/year. The Uruguayans are at 60 kg.

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