Article on the domestication and farming of chickens, and their role in our diet. KS5 biology

Just under 50 per cent of all meat sold in the UK is poultry. In fact it’s estimated that 95 per cent of the UK population eat chicken at least twice a week. In this article, explore how chicken have gone from red jungle fowl in South-east Asia to high-street fast-food favourite. Includes details of breeding chickens for meat.

There are questions for discussion in this article, including a look at Margaret Atwood's science fiction take on the chickens of the future.

This is part of 'Big Picture: Fat' (www.bigpictureeducation.com/fat), which was published by the Wellcome Trust in December 2015.