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1920-1929 Food
- Prohibition of alcohol -People started making food alternatives Ex: chicken made of peanuts
- People often got food bourne illnesses
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1940-1949 Food
-Because of WWII there had to be rationing and making do with less food
- The government restricted each american to 28oz of meat a week plus limited amounts of other staples
- In 1942 the Met Life Insurance company published tables that will create the standards for an ideal weight. The charts are based on gender,height, and frame -
1960-1969 Food
-The 60's encouraged showy, complicated food with french influence
-The first Wendy's restaurant opened in 1969
- Immigrant dishes changed from the traditional Chinese, Italian dominance to that of Vietnam and Laos after the Vietnam war -
1980-1989 Food
- The number of obese Americans soared during the 1980's and 1990's
- In 1987 the stock market crashed because people stopped going to high end restaurants and started going the fast food route -America discovered Italian food all over again but this time it was north eastern food which is essentially tomato less.
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2000-2009
- In 2003 the low carb diet craze launched with the publication of The South Beach diet
- In 2004 the passage of the Food Allergy Labeling and Consumer Protection act requires labeling of any food that conatins one or more of peanuts, soybeans, milk, egg, fish etc.
- In 2005 blogging goes mainstream, and people find new and useful sources of any subject, including food, nutrition and health
