What the World Eats(time.com) |
What the World Eats(time.com) |
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5005952
Some interesting bits:
The German family spends more on vitamins than any other category. The family from Chad gets $24.37 worth of free rations from relief organizations. Almost half of the Americans' expenditures are on Fast Food and Beverages.
Also all the bottled water is just crazy. German tap water is excellent in quality in all areas, and I like the taste in most areas I sampled. And never ever drink the Flensburger malt beer (unless you find a version that uses actual sugar and not sweetener).
The frozen pizza from Dr Oedtker is quite good. But for most other stuff, they could as well have bought it at Aldi for cheaper, instead of going for the higher priced branded items.
I guess I should stop ranting.
I think the contrast between an American vegan and "Standard" American diet would be pretty interesting.
http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/ourcompany/ar/pdf/2009-pe...
I think I may go for the mayonnaise sandwich.
Also, good god. The North Carolina example is an assault of colors on my eyes.
Second, how can you judge this without knowing how much calories they burn?
http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2007/hungry_planet/1...
These people are NOT obese. They are not super lean either, but for their age this looks like a perfectly healthy weight. In fact they are relatively lean compared to the other families.
But actually look at the photos of the American and Italian families. The Italians have almost half the food the Germans have, a small fraction of sugar drinks, and very little dairy. They also have one more child in the family. Which is why they look fit.
Are you obese (by your own standards)?
Obese: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity
Overweight: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overweight