Lots of fruits and bread in Sicily; lots of junk in North Carolina 6

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   amc89 Posted 12:50 am
   08 Jun 2007

   YuckIt's disappointing to see so many unsustainable food choices in many of these profiles.  All that soda (individual bottles) and fast food.  And way too much meat. Each group had some amount of fresh fruit and vegetables but not nearly enough.  

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   Johan Posted 1:45 am
   08 Jun 2007

   compare the amountsThe amount of food per person was a bit mindboggling. Especially compared with those that had the least to eat.
   Oddly, the English family had some large packs of candy (mars bars etc) in the front row but no soft drinks, only wine and milk. I wonder how many of the others that omitted their candy consumption?
   How come nearly all western families (except that English) drink so much sugared drinks? They would have excellent tap water, all of them!

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   Roz Cummins Posted 1:55 am
   08 Jun 2007

   A great series...I enjoyed the book on what different families own as well. It's a really eye-opening series.

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   Delay And Deny Posted 4:08 am
   08 Jun 2007

   Lost In The Supermarket
   
   Yes, I always feel like an alien in the supermarket because 95% of my shopping cart is usually filled with fresh, unpackaged foods, like vegetables and meat from the butcher case.
   The other shoppers seem mainly to have inorganic stuff, candy, packaged "Snackables" and so forth.   The typical QFC often has enough fresh food to let you "live Italiano" -- but most people don't seem to want to take the trip...
   
   John Bailo, The "Denier Guy"
   
   
   You Read It Here First

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   Green Granny Posted 11:05 pm
   08 Jun 2007

   Amount SpentWhat jumps out at me is the variation of amount spent on food per week.  The North Carolina family spends 341.98(1367.92 per month!!!) on food while the California family spends only 159.18 (636.72 per month).  What does the "average" American family spend on food each week?  What percent of after tax income is that?
   
   And do German families of 4 really spend 500.07 per week on groceries?  That's just over 2000 dollars a month -- wow.
   The other thing that jumps out is the amount of pre-packaged food in most of the countries, including China.  Also, Kelloggs and Coke/Pepsi truly are international.  The amount of food that must be circling the globe on ships, trucks, and planes is mind boggling.
   Now I need to go eat something -- the pictures from Italy (the bread) and the green peppers and watermelon from Egypt have made me hungry :)
   
   "We must be the change we wish to see in the world." -- Mahatma Ghandi

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   chrislatray Posted 10:57 am
   10 Jun 2007

   InterestingI like seeing the images of what other folks are eating. My wife and I started a project of photographing everything we buy; my biggest weakness is clearly the trips to the convenience store for diet soda. Even saving my cup and refilling it doesn't change the fact that I'm drinking so much, and every time I review the images it is profoundly embarassing. The exercise in taking the pictures though has definitely made an impact on our buying choices.
   We call the project The Voracious Project.

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