Photo Essay: What the world eats

[Martin]

http://www.time.com/time/photo...626519_1373664,00.html

Its very nicely done.

 

[purbeast0]

wow that is pretty awesome. crazy at how some people can spend so little on food and others can spend so much.

 

[NFS4]

Yeah, pretty interesting. Thanks for the link.

 

[krunchykrome]

That was pretty cool. Thanks, I sent it to my coworkers.

 

[Newfie]

Really interesting, thanks for posting it.

 

[StevenYoo]

wow... some families feed a small army on such a small budget!

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Humm, the Chinese and US ones are strikingly similar.

I noticed that the smiles seemed more genuine in the photos where people had less. Like Ecuador.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I think it was interesting how much overlap there was in the cost/volume of food. Even the three in the US pretty much showed that you could eat pretty good for alot less than you are likely paying. (compare the $150 family with the $340 one). That one family had a pretty good spread for about $5 worth.

 

[Joony]

Interesting how the Chinese enjoy KFC

 

[Patt]

I really wish I lived somewhere that you could run to an outdoor market for fruits/veggies/meat etc. Everything that makes it up here (northern Canada) is decidedly not fresh

 

[ATLien247]

I like the German's spread the best. And you can tell pretty quickly why American's are so obese.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I actually think the Mongolian one looked like a great spread. But I think the Mexican one looked like it was the best balenced.

 

[MiniDoom]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
I actually think the Mongolian one looked like a great spread. But I think the Mexican one looked like it was the best balenced.

and the mexican family looked the most obese.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Joony
Interesting how the Chinese enjoy KFC

iirc, KFC is the most popular fast food place in the world.

 

[Savarak]

thats a whole lot of money to spend in just 1 week for food..... at least for the mostly developed countries... 1.30 for a week is crazy tho for a family... it'd be nice to be able to buy that much food for that cheap here in the US... we're so privileged tho.

 

[Flyback]

lol @ Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo

(6 of them are wearing the same damn hat: http://img.timeinc.net/time/ph...7/hungry_planet/10.jpg )

 

[Mucho]

Something not quite right, I'd guess people eat a lot more meat.

 

[d3n]

Look at the percentage of processed food for the US family compared to the others. thats crazy

 

[TravisT]

Really interesting. I was actually surprised by quantity. You hear about how much the Americans eat, granted, i expect them to eat a lot more than most countries, but several were right up there in terms of quantity. As someone mentioned, there was just a big difference in how much was actually processed.

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by: rdubbz420

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
I actually think the Mongolian one looked like a great spread. But I think the Mexican one looked like it was the best balenced.

and the mexican family looked the most obese.

I think they just need to cut out that coke and beer. 12 bottles of coke and ~30 beers is entirely too much.


I think the egyptian one was also really good, except it tries to feed too many people.

 

[Dragnov]

The Revis family is a heart attack waiting to happen.

 

[DrVos]

Great photo essay. The photo of the African American family totally highlights the reasons why hypertension is such a problem in those communities. The family's entire diet consisted of meat, fast foods, and junk food. No fiber, no vegetables, and little in the way of fresh fruit. That's just a heart attack waiting to happen.

 

[d3n]

Originally posted by: Mucho
Something not quite right, I'd guess people eat a lot more meat.

To me it looked like the Chinese family was trying hard to show off. Lots more meat than I would have expected in that diet.

 

[natep]

a lot of Kellogg's corn flakes too.

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
I actually think the Mongolian one looked like a great spread. But I think the Mexican one looked like it was the best balenced.

Yeah, except for all the coke bottles in the back.

I loved the family from Tingo where everyone was wearing a fedora.