Comments on: What People Eat Around The World Photoset

By: bob

bob — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:07:00 +0000

oh my god u dumass ur missing the point

By: Sherri

Sherri — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:43:43 +0000

How could the family in Mexico go through 12 bottles (2-liter bottles at that!) of Coke in one week? That seems crazy to me!

I don’t think these pictures are meant to show an average family in each country (after all, most countries have such a gap between rich and poor that even an average would be mis-leading). It’s just a sampling, so you can pick out some of the differences. Not really an accurate enough educational tool, though.

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:54:21 +0000

I received some of these pictures in an e-mail over a year ago. I teach the 5th and 6th grade Sunday School class at my church. We participate in the 30 Hour Famine each year. This is a program by World Vision which raises money to feed hungry people around the world. I just use the pictures to show my students the difference in the amount and type of food people eat in different parts of the world. I know some of the dollar amounts seem unreal, but the pictures really hit home with the kids. For more info on the Famine go to http://www.30hourfamine.org.

Peace and Love to all.

By: semina

semina — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:54:45 +0000

we are like apples and the poor countries r like trees they give we just take and never return until they lose everything.help them not laugh at them.anyway can i know singapore’s amount please ?

By: Meenal

Meenal — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:59:53 +0000

I don’t know about other nations, but the entry on China is far fetched. Weekly per capita is $62. Assuming both the parents are working and earn, it is $124 for a family per week. They do not have $155.06 a week to spend on food! Whatever sample set of population they used, it does not represent the average native.

By: Jase

Jase — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:19:54 +0000

Sorry Strawberry…im getting lazy in my old age and forgot to check the comments!

By: Strawberry

Strawberry — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:54:27 +0000

Why is it taking my comment more than three days awaiting moderation? Does it offend ayone?

By: Strawberry

Strawberry — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:24:04 +0000

So you guys went visiting rich families in some countries and refugee camps in others!! Beside the war tormented Darfur you should have gave us a shot of what Europian and American homeless and unemployed people eat in a week!!!! Or else go to a peaceful average Sudanese city and share some honesty with us!!

And more than 30,000 Japanese Yen a week on food!!! I live in Japan and we are a family of five, a Japanese family will eat all that in at least two weeks!!!

By: Sindy

Sindy — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:29:37 +0000

Haha, I’m a German girl and the amount stated for Germany is definitely too excessive (as well as the misexposition of alcohol). All foreigners could suppose that we Germans are rich alcoholics ) No family I know drinks 4 bottles of wine and countless bottles of beer in a week! For my person we are twosome in a household and spend not more than approx. EUR 60 (=75 US Dollar) every week for food and beverages. Otherwise we would spend about EUR 2,000 every month and thats an amount not everyone earns in a month Who did research that?

By: will

will — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:29:35 +0000