> Did Brazilian diets change recently to include a bunch of meat? Yes, for some values of "recently" (past 20 years). We had a sort of economic renaissance in

> Did Brazilian diets change recently to include a bunch of meat? Yes, for some values of "recently" (past 20 years). We had a sort of economic renaissance in the 90s, when the government finally managed to control hyperinflation amongst other reforms (slashing tariffs, privatization of several state companies, etc). One of the consequences is that people started eating more meat. The chart in this page shows the chicken consumption per capita (in kg): http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EDG51460-6009,00-O+ANO+DO+FRANGO.html http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EDG51460-6009...