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by krona 893 days ago
> People are consuming more food

In the US, calorie consumption/person peaked around the year 2000 and has been falling since.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8805510/

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It's important to note that calories and food consumption aren't necessarily the same. We have seen a lot of no-calorie or low-calorie sweeteners and stuff. Diet sodas seemed to be a big deal around that timeframe, as did "low fat" foods (some of which were just lower fat than before or where heavily processed to remove fats).