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> However, on average wages in 1975, people spent 13.8% of their income on food. Today they only spend 9.6% and they eat out more. People's diets and 'food' in
by dwiel 16y ago
> However, on average wages in 1975, people spent 13.8% of their income on food. Today they only spend 9.6% and they eat out more.
People's diets and 'food' in general are different now too though: see high fructose corn syrup and a huge increase in dietary related disease such as obesity and diabetes for example. You aren't comparing apples to apples.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoVery true. Nowadays we have both access to crappy food as well as a larger variety of both fresh and ethnic foods which were not available in the US back then (e.g., avocados were uncommon when I was a kid). I don't know where to find really good data on this, unfortunately...