Portuguese adults consume, on average, twice the recommended daily quota of calories. In spite of being a country in which one of four people are on the poverty line (click here), national statistics institute INE reports that adults are eating way too much – particularly when it comes to meat, fish and eggs. Data also shows citizens are not consuming enough healthy fruit and vegetables. Explain reports, ‘on average’ each inhabitant is consuming 83.9 kilos of meat per year…
Portuguese consume way too many calories… every single day
