These photographs, shot by Peter Menzel from the book "Hungry Planet," were part
of a previous Time Magazine story I posted about science confirming the secret key to weight loss. They didn"t include these photos in their article at the time, and only printed four
of them in the magazine.
This is a fascinating look at what"s on people"s dinner tables across the globe, and is a telling visual of why the health
of the Western world is in rapid decline from all our prepackaged, chemically processed and sugar-laden
goods, and how much we" re actually paying for the
privilege.
Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing
Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
Favorite
foods: soup with fresh sheep meat
Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City
Food expenditure for one
week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25
Favorite foods: sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips
Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one
week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
Favorite foods: fish, pasta with ragu, hot dogs, frozen fish
sticks
Kuwait: The Al Haggan family of Kuwait
City
Food expenditure for one week: 63.63 dinar or $221.45
Family
recipe: Chicken biryani with basmati rice
United
States: The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken
Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure
for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09
Favorite foods: pizza, crab, pasta, chicken
China: The Dong family of Beijing
Food expenditure for one week: 1,233.76 Yuan or $155.06
Favorite foods: fried shredded pork with
sweet and sour sauce
Poland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-
Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27
Family
recipe: Pig"s knuckles with carrots, celery and parsnips
Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or
$68.53
Family recipe: Okra and mutton
Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage
Mongolia: The
Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar
Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02
Family recipe: Mutton dumplings
Bhutan: The
Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork
Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week:
375.39 Euros or $500.07
Favorite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon and herring, fried noodles with eggs and
cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding
Great Britain: The Bainton family of
Cllingbourne Ducis
Food expenditure for one week: 155.54 British Pounds or $253.15
Favorite foods: avocado, mayonnaise sandwich, prawn cocktail, chocolate fudge cake with cream
United States: The Caven family of California
Food expenditure for one
week: $159.18
Favorite foods: beef stew, berry yogurt sundae, clam chowder, ice cream
Time
Magazine
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