10/87Number of Betty Rubble tablets in a bottle of Flintstone Chewable Vitamins: 0

Miles Laboratories (Elkhart, Ind.)

3/86Percentage change, since 1971, in per capita consumption of green peas: -27

National Food Review (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

    Broccoli: +160

National Food Review (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

10/03Chance on any given day that the only “vegetables” served in a U.S. public school are potatoes: 1 in 2

USDA Food and Nutrition Service (Alexandria, Va.)

10/98Minimum amount of salsa that USDA regulations allow a public school to offer as a serving of vegetables, in tablespoons: 2

U.S. Department of Agriculture

6/88Percentage of American coffee drinkers who consume at least 10 cups a day: 27

Beverage Marketing Corporation (N.Y.C.)