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The food shortage was severe enough that per-person calorie consumption dropped to about 2,400 calories a day in the 1990s, and typical adults lost about 10 pounds. At the same time, they had to exercise more by walking or riding bikes instead of taking buses.

via Castro’s Cuba: A public health phenomenon in the ’90s showed the effects of national weight loss – The Washington Post

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