I found these picture just recently, but I know they are not new. Sorry if anybody of you has already seen them. It's very interesting to see what people around the world eat in a week, and specially to see how much that costs. I myself think the fact that a US or UK family pays 200 or 300 dollars a week for food, doesn't mean they eat healthy food, most of it is pure JUNK, you will see.
1. 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
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2. 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
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3. 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
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4. 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
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5. United States: The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken
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6. 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 [img_assist|nid=559|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=500|height=330]
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7. 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
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8. 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
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9. Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53
Family recipe: Okra and mutton
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10. Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage
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11. 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
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12. Mongolia: The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar
Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.02
Family recipe: Mutton dumplings
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13. 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
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14. Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork
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15. 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
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very interesting indeed!! i feel quite sad for the American and British family. Spending so much, getting so little nutritional value! so much mcdonalds cr*p they are proud to display!!
Nice pics!. good to show diet differences based on culture and location. It's interesting to see German families with so many beer and other bottles,a dn so much fish with the Japanese family.
really sad for the Chad people in the refugee camp. they are heroes if they can live on so little food. the mother must be an excellent budget setter
i would probably pass out if I were in Chad, but on the other hand, I recognize that these people have a different metabolism - the human body adjusts to the amounts of food you give it. But as a general rule (for Westerners) the less you eat, the better.
lots of meat and eggs for the Mongolian family, I guess up there in North Asia not many vegetables are growing.