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ben509 on Aug 9, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for ...

> Americans are over consuming food

Overconsumption is generally less than 10% of their caloric needs, so they can't just drop a large source of nutrition.

mytailorisrich on Aug 9, 2019 [–]

Apparently, Americans throw away the equivalent of a third of the calories they consume, and interestingly a lot of fruits and veg. [1]

Reducing waste would dramatically help the environment.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/18/american...

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