section_path: Health effects/Changes in consumer behavior
section_name: Changes in consumer behavior
paragraph_text: Changes in consumer behavior
  
  In response to changing meat prices as well as health concerns about saturated fat and cholesterol, consumers have altered their consumption of various meats. Consumption of beef in the United States between 1970 and 1974 and 1990–1994 dropped by 21%, while consumption of chicken increased by 90%.