A week of food throughout the world...

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richard-in-cincy

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Has anyone read the Time article on the "Science of Appetite"?

There is a fascinating sub-article showing what an "average" family from various spots around the globe eats during a 1 week period and shows the family at home with all of the week's food.

Apparently I am not an "average" American since my week's diet has absoluetly no relationship with that pictured for the American family (whose food selection looks positively revolting to me. Note: the picture in the magazine shows more detail, the entire front spread on that picture is fast-food carry out). It more closely resembles the Egyptian family. Go figure.

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519,00.html

 
Thanks, very interesting!The costs were an eyeopener. I am sure not average either, thanks goodness!

 
I heard about this a few weeks ago...very interesting. I don't believe

the Kuwait family is being honest though. They drink huge amounts of soda!

 
Looks like bottled water, to me, in that photo, orchid....... Great photos!

 
We were just given this presentation today in a review of our food service program...

as well as the what makes you eat article from the Times. Most people were pretty shocked by all this information.

 
it's amazing how many of the families pictured had more processed and packaged

foods than fresh. and geeze, $500 a week for a family of four? how do those people survive?

 
Ithought the California family was a bit low at 159.00. And what about the piles of candy for some

of the families? I think it's the Irish family that has a bunch of candy piled up. And M&Ms and pizza must be universal. I was really surprised by the Italians favorites: hotdogs and fish sticks along with pasta. I couldn't tell, but some of those bottles in the German family pic must be beer. Did anyone else think there were lots of "liquid" containers in their pic?

Thanks for sharing this Richard. Very interesting. I didn't read in detail, but do they do this regularly and pick different cities?

 
Ang it was a special report

The pix in the magazine are larger and you can see more detail. Yes, there were many bottles of beer and wine in the German families lot. The English family had piles of candy and chocolate!

The most amazing thing for me is that I cannot find a head of lettuce in any of the pictures. They must be hiding it. I use 2 big heads of Romaine, Arugula, etc. each week. I was also surprised at how few vegetables were on the Chinese family's table.

Today's trip to the grocery: half my time was spent in the produce section picking out my veggies, salad, fruits, and roots. That also represented half my purchases. There were three pre-packaged items in my cart: 100% whole wheat English muffins, cottage cheese, and soy burgers.
My grocery bill averages out to about $75/week for two people.

I can whip up a green salad, fresh sauteed veggie sauce, a whole wheat pasta or brown rice, and a piece of grilled salmon in the time it takes to read the instructions on those pre-packaged bags and boxes. LOL.

 
Interesting, I bought this issue as an impulse purchase a few days ago -

I haven't read it yet, but I am so thankful for the bounty of food that we have access to, after seeing how few some others have.

 
These photographs are from a book that came out last year. I've got it at home and it amazed me too.

The up side is, it *IS* an eye opener.

The down side is that this is very stereotypical and I think that a lot of people eat more healthy but also - way more unhealthy. And that is unfortunate.

 
The Mexicans are doing well in the produce dept...

and the amount of bread in the Italian family!!!

 
I finally had time to read the articles in the magazine - very fascinating info about

the research in to how appetite is regulated, and how insulin plays a role in weight regulation.

There is also a pretty hilarious short article by Joel Stein about a two day fast that only allows a beverage of water with lemon juice, honey and cayenne pepper.

 
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