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[Rteacher]

GERMANY: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros ($500.07 USD)



UNITED STATES: The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98 USD



ITALY: The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros ($260.11 USD)



MEXICO: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos ($189.09 USD)



POLAND: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys ($151.27 USD)



EGYPT: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds ($68.53 USD)



ECUADOR: The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55 USD



BHUTAN: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum ($5.03 USD)



CHAD: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs ($1.23 USD)

[eamo]

Well, there you go.

Must say, the Germans family's food looked great!!

[suneV]

LOL at the US famillies food....

Be as bad or worse on a lot of estates where I'm from too....

[Atavistic]

Fascinating how many of those photos had Coke products in them.

[Kimchi Cowboy]

[nicholas_chiasson]

-Peru we love you. Every picture but one features a potatoe product.

[Justin Hale]

The US pic reminded me of the above

[Rteacher]

I think that most of the poor countries - except maybe Chad, which is obviously dirt poor - have relatively healthy diets compared to the richer, more developed countries led by Germany and the U.S.

Due to consumerism, all kinds of unhealthy crap - including meat and assorted junk foods/drinks - are sold to families through predatory advertising.

As families in developed countries get smaller and more difficult to maintain, extended families in poor countries manage to eat fruits, vegetables, and grains (and maybe some milk, eggs, and fish) for a tiny fraction of what the "richer" families pay for overprocessed, slickly-packaged junk (while killing billions of animals a year ...)

And most of us buy into it (and uncritically support the unnecessary slaughter of poor animals so a few demons can get rich ...)

[Toon Army]

The American family`s diet consisted of Burger King, Potato Chips, McDonalds, Coke, Pizzas and so on. A truely healthy diet indeed!!

Oh, there is a small side portion of fruit though

[Kimchi Cowboy]

It's a fascinating photo essay, but before I read too much into it, I'd like to know how it came to be. Who ran this study? What were the parameters & guidelines? Who chose these families, and why?

In short, where did you find it?

[reactionary]

i think it's out of newsweek

[mindmetoo]

[Are they the lemmings]

Very interesting thread.

I notice, though, that the closest they got to Asia was Bhutan. Wonder why...

[Smee]

*sigh* Another embarassing time to be American. Part of me does think that picture was staged, though, to reflect what is considered "typical." But still, embarassing. Anything remotely healthy? Tomatoes, grapes. I'm not a health nut, and I love junk food, too, but I'm also not raising two kids on pizza, chicken, and tacos. And why is there Burger King AND McDonald's? I see a Burger King drink but no burger.

[reactionary]

i dunno, it looks fairly typical to me...pizza once a week, burger once a week...dont see it as such a huge deal.

but i mean, how come it doesnt show the other families "restaurant" food - do they never eat out in other countries?