What is eaten in one week

blog ^ | Nov 27th, 2007

[Coleus]

Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11



Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07




United States: The Revis family of North Carolina (I really hope most American
families eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and less junk food than this family.)

Food expenditure for one week $341.98




Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09



Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27



Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53



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



Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03

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Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23

 

 

[Coleus]

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[Das Outsider]

Interesting post. Thanks!

[Clemenza]

Purchasing Power Parity is always the best measure as to how "rich" or "poor" a person is.

I myself think that the Egyptians and Italians are eating the best, despite the cost. The family in Poland, of course, will have to adjust once the Euro enters circulation soon.

[hole_n_one]

This post certainly has a lot of food for thought.

[snowsislander]

That blog has copied (without any attribution that I can see) all of the photographs and information from Time's website. This link is to the originals (and also a photograph Japanese family that the blogger didn't copy):

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373664,00.html

[Pyro7480]

It was nice to see that the Italian family has 3 kids.

[GOP_Raider]

I really hope most American families eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and less junk food than this family

Not when I grew up. :)

[Clemenza]

Finding an Italian family with more than one child is rare indeed.

[ShandaLear]

You all need to check out BBC America’s “You Are What You Eat.” It will change your life.

[Judith Anne]

Fascinating!

[unspun]

A. We should help those such as the family at Breidjing Camp.

B. I think I’d like to visit an Egyptian restaurant.

[RosieCotton]

Very interesting! Though I have to wonder just how typical each of the families are.

I grew up as one of a large family (eight kids), and even with today’s prices, we’d never spend as much as the representative family. But we ate very little meat and a lot more things like vegetables and beans and rice and soups and homemade bread...homemade everything, really. Including really good pizza!

Packaged foods are pricey!

[Lil'freeper]

I’ll second that recommendation. It makes me chuckle after reading disparaging remarks about “fat Americans” in the online comments sections of UK papers.

[RosieCotton]

The Egyptians’ spread looks the tastiest to me, for sure, despite the lower cost!

[MeekMom]

The last picture is beyond humbling.

[Lil'freeper]

A Nutrition Ping List For Those Interested in the Research of Dr. Weston A. Price

Fascinating!

[matt1234]

So, the poorer folk have more kids. I guess that’s OK if the parents can feed them all.

[Lil'freeper]

It makes me chuckle after reading disparaging remarks about “fat Americans”

Er, to clarify, the show makes me chuckle...

[Squantos]

So the message here is we’re selling food way too cheap in Chad ?

I lived (stationed) in Italy and Persian Gulf Region for almost 8 years of my 26 year career as well as SEA and other countries and food was dirt cheap. In Northern Italy near Aviano Air Base we could get a 9 course meal at Orsini’s for less than 3 dollars a person. My daily lunches and dinners locally were a dollar plus change in most cases.

In the middle east, Oman, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar etc food was as cheap but just awesome quality.

Only place where I don;t let the sun set on me or mine again is France where we paid (grudgingly) almost 12 dollars for a simple burger and soft drink....this was in 1976. I ain’t been back to that sink hole since.