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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chippy_Tea" data-source="post: 1080030" data-attributes="member: 5956">I never really gave it much thought but having heard this on the radio  i realised we now eat far more white meat than red not because red is considered more dangerous but because we are not that keen on red meat, we rarely have a joint of meat in fact i cannot remember the last time we had one,  we like Waberthwaite Cumberland Sausage and occasional burger and  anything made with beef mince (chilli con carne etc) but that's about it.Do you still eat a lot of red meat or have your eating habits changed over the years.The amount of meat consumed in the UK each day has fallen by almost a fifth over the last decade, according to a new study.The Oxford University study used data from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey to assess changes in the consumption of red, white, and processed meat from 2008-09 to 2018-19.Researchers found average daily meat consumption per capita dropped from 103.7g to 86.3g, which is a decrease of about 17%.Red meat consumption fell by 13.7g, while processed meat consumption dropped by 7g, but Britons were eating 3.2g more white meat per day than a decade ago, the study found.<a href="https://news.sky.com/story/british-daily-meat-consumption-down-nearly-a-fifth-in-a-decade-study-12428706" target="_blank">British daily meat consumption down nearly a fifth in a decade - study | UK News | Sky News</a></blockquote>

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