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Pretty sure this isn't specific to the United States. The whole worlds diet basically has dairy in some form or another, no?
Most people are lactose intolerant, actually. Only about 35% of people have the full ability to digest lactose. That's not quite the same thing as an allergy, but even so dairy is not the norm worldwide.
That map looks extremely arbitrary to me. Knowing what little I know of a few cuisines, it doesn't sound possible that regions where there's a very rich tradition of meals/desserts with milk and a prevalence of yoghurt and cheese would have 30-60% lactose intolerance.
I was gonna disagree but like... Mongolia is in the dark blue? And most of the middle east + India?
Places like India and Korea have quite a bit of dairy and cheese for sure. This map seems too broad to be accurate.