I'm doing some research on health and obesity and stumbled upon a wikipedia page which says this:
This was taken from the PDF file located here: http://www.okicent.org/docs/anyas_cr_diet_2007_1114_434s.pdf
The PDF says that rice makes up 54% of the calories of a typical Japanese person in 1950, with the total amount of calories being an average of 2100 kcal rounded off. 1 serving of rice is slightly over 50 grams in weight and is about 150 kcal, so we're looking at nearly exactly 8 servings of rice per day, or nearly 1200 calories per day from rice.
Would you say that this is accurate, and has held this held up until today in Japan 60 years later?
The dietary intake of Okinawans compared to other Japanese circa 1950 shows that Okinawans consumed: fewer total calories (1785 vs 2068), less polyunsaturated fat (4.8% of calories vs. 8%), less rice (154 grams vs 328g), significantly less wheat, barley and other grains (38 g vs. 153g), less sugars (3g vs. 8g), more legumes (71g vs 55g), significantly less fish (15g vs 62g), significantly less meat and poultry (3g vs 11g), less eggs (1g vs 7 g), less dairy (<1g vs 8 g), much much more sweet potatoes (849g vs 66g), less other potatoes (2g vs 47), less fruit (<1g vs 44g), and no pickled vegetables (0g vs 42).
This was taken from the PDF file located here: http://www.okicent.org/docs/anyas_cr_diet_2007_1114_434s.pdf
The PDF says that rice makes up 54% of the calories of a typical Japanese person in 1950, with the total amount of calories being an average of 2100 kcal rounded off. 1 serving of rice is slightly over 50 grams in weight and is about 150 kcal, so we're looking at nearly exactly 8 servings of rice per day, or nearly 1200 calories per day from rice.
Would you say that this is accurate, and has held this held up until today in Japan 60 years later?