Photo Essay: What the world eats

[FleshLight]

http://www.time.com/time/photo...626519_1373764,00.html

Are those beers?

 

[DrVos]

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

Well, per capita, we eat significantly more meat in the U.S. than most other countries. In places where meat is traditionally a small part of the diet or where the cost of meat precludes it from being more popular, you get a lot of people who supplant protein in their diet with beans, nuts, and soy.

When meat is used, it's rarely a hunk of meat served as a main course like we have here. Rather, its chopped up and mixed with vegetables and served as an accompanying dish.

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: natep
a lot of Kellogg's corn flakes too.

That's what I noticed. Screw WalMart and MS, Kellogg's is trying to take over the world with their corn flakes.

 

[Specop 007]

Originally posted by: 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 🙁

Hydroponics. Amazingly, its not just for weed.

 

[Mrvile]

Wow, very interesting photo essay. It was done very well.

 

[Yongsta]

Originally posted by: Joony
Interesting how the Chinese enjoy KFC 🙂

Looks like they enjoy it quite a bit (6th photo down)

 

[Martin]

Americans definitely need to start eating more fresh fruit and veg. Its hard to see exactly from those pictures, I think I ate more of that today than the black family and less than the white family. To be precise, I had: 4 tomatoes, 3 bell peppers, an onion, a carrot and some celery, 2 bananas and 2 apples. And its only 7 pm.

 

[Oceandevi]

The germans look sad.

 

[Oceandevi]

The germans look sad.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Oceandevi
The germans look sad.

Germans are only happy when they're in Paris.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: 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 )

Um yeah, that's their traditional outfit? Looks much better than a bunch of people in identical baseball caps with just a different logo, and is a lot more practical and cheap too.

Though I have to say that Andean food is pretty bland!

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Oceandevi
The germans look sad.

Germans are only happy when they're in Paris.

I dunno, did you see all the beer+wine lined up in the front?🙂

 

[thejnaitor]

That was really cool. Thanks for the link OP!

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
wow that is pretty awesome. crazy at how some people can spend so little on food and others can spend so much.

Word. $1.23 up to $500 a week! :Q

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Originally posted by: 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 🙁

Hydroponics. Amazingly, its not just for weed.

Kinda hard to do in Northern Alberta.

 

[Anubis]

there is Coke in every pic LOL

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: potato28

Originally posted by: Specop 007

Originally posted by: 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 🙁

Hydroponics. Amazingly, its not just for weed.

Kinda hard to do in Northern Alberta.

you can do it indoors its not hard just expensive

 

[theprodigalrebel]

They should have thrown in 'American College Student' with a 3-feet high stack of Ramen, a crate of Mt. Dew and a keg. 😉

Good link, OP. :thumbsup: