The graph below shows trends in US meat and poultry consumption.

The line graph shows changes in the per capita

consumption

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of

beef

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, pork,

broilers

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and turkey in the United States between 1955 and 2012. It is noticeable that

beef

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was by far the most popular of the four types of meat for the majority of the 57-year period.

However

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, a considerable rise can be seen in the

consumption

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of

broilers

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, with figures eventually surpassing those for

beef

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. Between 1955 and 1976, US

beef

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consumption

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rose from around 60 to a peak of 90

pounds

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per person per year. During the same period,

consumption

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of

broilers

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also

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rose, to nearly 30

pounds

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per person,

while

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the figures for pork fluctuated between 50 and 40

pounds

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per person. Turkey was by far the least popular meat, with figures below 10

pounds

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per capita each year. By 2012, the amount of

beef

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consumed by the average American had plummeted to around 50

pounds

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, but the

consumption

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of

broilers

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had doubled since the 1970s, to approximately 55

pounds

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per capita.

By contrast

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, there were no significant changes in the trends for pork and

turkeyconsumption

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turkey consumption

over the period as a whole.