Chad Cheverier: thats really interesting!
TJ Cameron: wow.
Elizabeth: One thing that really strikes me is how much soda people are drinking.
The other thing that strikes me is how much dead (processed) food we Americans eat. The pic of the North Carolina family has tomatoes & grapes - that's the only "real" food they're eating for the week. Kinda sad, I think. AND how much fast food they've got: Taco Bell, Burger King, McD's, KFC, and pizza! Hello!
Anyways... very insightful!
Becky: That is amazing. Not many fresh fruits and veggies for the US family. I was also stuck by all the soda consummation. (Don't get me started on soda and decay!) We take for granted all the variety we have, and the ability to have fresh produce year round!! Thanks Tim!
Anna Costa: That is SO interesting!! Thanks for sharing. Mike and I had a blast with you last night!! Let's hang out soon for sure!!
xo
Lucinda Mudd: really puts our needs into perspective!
mike larson: crazy!
sandig: This post brings to mind one of my fav. books... Material World by Peter Menzel... it sits on my desk so that I never forget. It was published in 1994 by Sierra Club Books. It is a beautiful and thought provoking work. You should check it out... I think you would both really like it.
Happy Holidays!
Sandi
Tim Halberg: I just found out that these pictures were originally published in a story from National Geographic.
Awesome, I'll have to check that book out! Thanks for the suggestion!
Bob: awesome
Janelle: Thanks for posting this. It's actually embarrassing to look at the US family's food. Everything processed and pre-packaged and pre-cooked and just awful. I saw this several weeks ago when you first posted it, and it's been in my mind ever since. It literally changed my life in the way I shop, cook, eat, and think about food.
admin: Hey Janelle,
Awesome, I'm stoked that it made a difference for you! I really need to have it help me more...
Nicole: These are truely amazing pictures! They really bring an alarming perspective to food consumption in our nation. It's embarassing to see that US families actually feel fast food is a staple in their weekly consumption. This nation has become so damn lazy; it's disgusting. And we wonder why our nation is overweight and plagued with diseases like obesity and diabetes. I hope one day our nation wises up, or there won't be a generation to carry on in our footsteps.
Vicky: I belong to the Diversity Committee on our college campus. Is it permissable to print one or two of these pictures to put on our display board or committee website to call attention to the diversity in food, culture, and standard of living in different parts of the world? I think these pictures speak volumes.
admin: Hey Vicky.
Sadly, these aren't my pictures. I would have LOVED to photographed this assignment.
I believe these pictures were originally in the National Geographic from what I've been told.
Hope that helps.
Blessings,
Tim
admin: Turns out these photos about food consumption around the world were photographed for Time Magazine.
I'm glad these pictures are getting some attention through this blog post, but I hope that all credit is rightfully given to http://menzelphoto.com/
Stephen: Its truly amazing pictures, its clearly suggest that the normal Indians are much less consuming than much of its equivalents.
Mr. George Bush- The So Called President of America is Crying That The Rise in Price of Food is Because of Indians. Coz, They are Consuming More and More Food Day By Day…
He should check this.
The Union Finance Minister of Indian Union, Mr. P Chidambaram, has said that the average Indian food consumption is one-fifth of average American food consumption. and also added that President Bush' comment is an ‘ill-informed statement.’
Bad timing at Niles’s Blog: [...] also marvelling at what people around the world eat. Italians - lots of bread. Germans - lots of beer. Americans - an awful lot of things in [...]
Mohamed Adan: Why are we all focusing criticisms on the American family? I know America is everyones favorite punching bag, but that North Carolina family has a reletivly healthy and normal diet. I saw meat, veggies, bread, and soda. Look at the Mexican family! They have by far the unhealthiest diet.
If you want to have your belly full, that will mean ignoring the suffering of folks like that family in Chad. This planet just cannot feed six billion people, some will have to starve, or eat a lot less.
sarah ryan: this is crazy interesting you should get some more photos
Suga78: Its interesting to see how diet is affected by geographical location.
Melinda: It's crazy how much we Americans take in...... look at some of the other families around the world and how much they have. It just doesn't add up! Most of us choose to take the "easy" way. Taco Bell and all other fast food, junk food, SODA! But the people in other countries have fruit and other things we SHOULD be eating! Too much waste! It's just CRAZY!!!
raz4125: These pictures tell me one thing; there is enough food in this world for everyone's need. No one should be starving!
Usaine Bolt: wow thats epic fully didnt see that coming.....the chad..ians have nothing i didnt know that
the americans eat way too much bad food and germans have heaps of wine.
Luke: Great photos, absolutely fascinating. Its amazing to see the rich diversity of meals and their costs. Egypt is really putting the US to shame with that great produce and bread for a huge family at just over $60. It makes me want to move out of the country.
