The amount of fiber consumed in residences.
Used to calculate:total fibers and fiber eaten at home
Varies by: lifestyle
| Used | lifestyle | Reference | Location: Ecosystem (study period) |
Value | Units | Notes |
|---|
| * | Average American | ARS & CDC 2010 What We Eat In America | US: All (2000s) | 5548 | grams/person/yr | |
| * | Average Earthling | Nishida et al. 2004- The Joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation on diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases: process, product and policy implications | global: all (1989-2002) | 4562.5 | grams/person/yr | This value is based off of the WHO/FAO minimum recommended daily dietary fiber intake. |
| * | Average New Yorker | USDA 1999- DATA TABLES: Food and Nutrient Intakes by Individuals in the United States, by Region, 1994-96 | Northeast, USA: All (1994-1996) | 2918.832 | grams/person/yr | information from USDA (1999) was compared against figures in Bureau of Labor Statistics (2006) (ID 105) |
| * | Eco-conscious | Davey et al. 2002- EPIC: Oxford : lifestyle characteristics and nutrient intakes in a cohort of 33 883 meat-eaters and 31 546 non meat-eaters in the UK | global: household () | 4732.34667 | grams/person/yr | |
| * | Lenape Person | Eaton and Konner 2010 - Paleolithic Nutrition Twenty-Five Years Later | Global: All () | 35 | grams / day / person | This value represents the estimated maximum fiber consumption per day of ancestral hunter-gatherers. We split fiber consumption in half between at home and away from home. |