Not ham in particular, but high protein availability and nourishment. Not for just wealthy people. For most people. That’s not discounting poverty in any country.

[–] DrunkenPirate@feddit.org 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

The volume of proteins doesn’t explains it. The US eats by far more meat than durch people: 144 to 91 kg.

Check here https://ourworldindata.org/meat-production You can filter by everthing and select same countries as in this graph.

The dutch heights seem to be a genetic preference as well. Germans eat somehow the same mix with a little less seafood. Btw Germans in the Northern parts - close to Netherlands are quite tall in general. May be seafood.