{"id":2320,"date":"2018-11-13T15:31:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T15:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/?p=2320"},"modified":"2022-03-02T13:00:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T13:00:56","slug":"does-northern-ireland-eat-the-most-meat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/topics\/health\/does-northern-ireland-eat-the-most-meat\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Northern Ireland eat the most meat?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This claim is accurate. According to recent survey reports. For adults aged 19 to 64 years, the mean consumption in Northern Ireland was 82 grams per day, compared to 71 grams for all of the UK; yet for Ireland the figure is 108 grams (adults aged 18 to 64 years).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Do people living in Northern Ireland eat the most meat in the UK?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In a BBC Radio Ulster discussion on the lunchtime Talkback show on 22 October 2018 about flexitarianism — a diet where you only eat meat a few times each week — Malach\u00e1i O’Hara (Green Party) made the claim<\/a> (at 40:58): \u201cWe eat the most meat in the UK\u201d. Dietitian Kate McCulla added weight to this claim<\/a> (at 45:24), saying: \u201cMeat is very much a part of our culture; we do eat more red meat here than in the rest of the UK\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n