How the World Eats

Each picture depicts the amount of food eaten by all the people in the picture for a week. Take note of the following
1) How is their food preferences (staple, non-staple) different?
2) How is their food consumption (amount the eat) different? (especially between DCs and LDCs)
3) Who is consuming more processed food, and who is consuming more 'healthy' food?
4) Look at the food consumed by those in DCs. Can you identify any food that doesn't belong to their country or culture? Why is it consumed?
5) Are the staples consumed the same? Which countries consume cereals, pulses or tubers as their staple?

The Melanders Family, Germany

Family from Chile
Family from a Middle Eastern Country


The Casaleses from Mexico
The Ukitas from Japan

The Aboubakars from Chad
Family from Tibet

(Adapted from "How the World Eats", Time June 25 - July 2 2007 Issue)