Chicken, world’s most popular meat ..

I always used to wonder how chicken were getting fatter and fatter over the years. Some said it was the antibiotic injections, I was clueless ..  

The Super Chicken, pic courtesy Economist of London.

From a study reported in The Economist, Jan '19, at 56 days life, the weight of chicken has increased from 0.9 kg in 1957 to 1.8 kg in 1978 to 4.2 kg in 2005 .. But how ?  By getting them to live in cramped spaces, preventing unnecessary movements, converting the conserved energy into meat .. 😳

Like how mostly the so-called smarter amongst us, in the present day world, avoid unnecessary movements or exercises, conserve that energy to convert to fat deposits around our waist to be called fat 😄

According to a 2018 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report, per capita annual chicken consumption in OECD countries stands at 30 kg, almost double that of beef at 15 kg and 33% more than pork at 23 kg. 

Chicken is thus, the rich world's most popular meat ..  it's all in this article .. 

Click here for the Economist article ..

George