How Many Pounds Of Meat And Cheese Do You Eat In A Year?

According to Visual Economics:

• The average American is 36.6 years old and eats 1,996.3 lbs. of food per year.
• The average man is 5 feet 9 inches and weighs 190 lbs.
• The average woman is 5 feet 4 inches and weighs 164 lbs.

Each year Americans eat:

• 85.5 lbs. of fats and oils
• 110 lbs. of red meat, including 62.4 lbs. of beef and 46.5 lbs. of pork
• 73.6 lbs. of poultry, including 60.4 lbs. of chicken
• 16.1 lbs. of fish and shellfish and 32.7 lbs. of eggs
• 31.4 lbs. of cheese each year
• 600.5 lbs. of non-cheese dairy products
• 181 lbs. of beverage milks
• 192.3 lbs. of flour and cereal products, including 134.1 lbs. of wheat flour
• 141.6 lbs. of caloric sweeteners, including 42 lbs. of corn syrup
• 56 lbs. of corn each year and eat 415.4 lbs. of vegetables
• 24 lbs. of coffee, cocoa and nuts
• 273.2 lbs. of fruit

These foods include:

• 29 lbs. of French fries
• 23 lbs. of pizza
• 24 lbs. of ice cream
• 53 gallons of soda, averaging about one gallon each week
• 24 lbs. of artificial sweeteners
• 2.736 lbs. of sodium, which is 47 percent more than recommended
• 0.2 lbs. of caffeine each year, about 90,700 mg

In total, Americans eat an average of 2,700 calories each day.

Graphic and statistics courtesy of Visual Economics