While the health of the UK population increased during the rationing period, that had more to do with a more equitable distribution of resources than with less food being consumed.  Pre-WWII many many of Britian's poor were unable to aquire reasonable amounts of healthy food.  Rationing was combined with the introduction of free school lunches for poor children, OJ rations for all young children, and milk and eggs for pregnant mothers.  I think that was what really impacted Britian's health.

I don't go out to eat often, but when I do I notice one thing.  At the Buffets, people waste a lot of food.

I cook as a hobby, and I grow food as a hobby, and I study food plants as a hobby.  It shocks me that even those that come from low food regions in a few years of the Plenty of the US, adopt the same food habits of the Rest of the Citizens, or more accurately the wasteful folks.

 We as Americans waste a lot of Food.  We have laws in some cities that state that once its cooked and not eaten by the customer, we have to throw it out.  We have "Grand Buffets" where the left over food could feed some families for WEEKS!!  It all goes to waste!

So yeah, as the end of our "Easy Eating" Lifestyle comes to and end we will see the end of the Buffets, or at least the end of them as we now know them to be.

Hey I am moving to a small town,, How many buffets are there, I bet not a single one.  Gee I wonder why??