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Derek Thompson - Derek Thompson is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees business coverage for the website.
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He is a visiting research fellow at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget at the New America Foundation. Derek has also written for Slate, BusinessWeek, and the Daily Beast. He has appeared as a guest on radio and television networks, including NPR, the BBC, CNBC, and MSNBC.
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Chart: This Is What You Eat in a Year (Including 42 Pounds of Corn Syrup)

By Derek Thompson

Sep 11 2011, 10:25 AM ET Comment

What do you call 200 pounds of meat, 31 pounds of cheese, 16 pounds of fish, and 415 pounds of veggies? Just a year in the life of the American stomach. Graphic via Sarah Kliff. Full size here.


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