Show drop diet fads back to days of hearty eating CHICAGO Aire Arre ricans have definitely abandoned the diet craze of recent years and are on the way back to the horse and buggy days of hearty eating with the average male consuming nearly 10 times his weight annually and the average woman eating slightly more than nine times her weight every year this information is shown by a national cross section survey of urban eating habits made by the john R thompson company national restaurant system covering in in e excess of meals served in restaurants in leading cities of 20 states and the district of columbia meat bread and potatoes the great trinity of american dining have suffered comparatively little as s a result of the diet faddis ts teachings it is shown meat consumption which fell off last year due to a shortage and higher prices following the drouth of 1936 is now on the upgrade again that dieting dieling now exercises little influence on the average person is further emphasized by a materially increased consumption of pie cake pudding ice cream and other rich desserts the data disclose fruits vegetables and dairy products have won a generous pa place ace in the american menu but meat bread and potatoes are still firmly fixed on the throne the figures demonstrate A breakdown of food consumption by pounds shows that the average male adult figuring him at pounds eats four pounds of food per day and the average woman figuring her at pounds consumes three pounds daily |