Food around the world

Food Around The WorldPhotographs by Peter Menzel from the book "Hungry Planet" Variations in family size, diet and food costs for different countries, per week.. The Manzo family of Sic

Food Around The World

Photographs by Peter Menzel from

the book "Hungry Planet"

Variations in family size, diet and food costs for different

countries, per week

(note the number of people in

each family)

The Manzo family of Sicily

$260.11

Favorite foods: fish, pasta with ragu, hot dogs, frozen fish sticks

The Melander family of Germany

$500.07

Favorite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon and herring, fried

noodles with eggs and cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding

The Revis family of North Carolina

$341.98

Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken

The Casales family of Mexico

$189.09

Favorite foods: pizza, crab, pasta, chicken

The Sobczynscy family of Poland

$151.27

 Family favourite: Pig's knuckles with carrots, celery and parsnips

The Ahmed family of Egypt

$68.53

 Family’s favourite recipe: Okra and mutton

The Ayme family of Peru

$31.55

 Family’s favourite recipe: Potato soup with cabbage

The Namgay family of Bhutan

$5.03

 Family’s favourite recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork

The Aboubakar family of Chad

$1.23

 Favorite foods: soup with fresh sheep meat

The Global Food Crisis

 The sad reality today is that although enough food is produced to feed

everyone on the planet with a healthy diet – each and every day almost

25,000 people (mostly children) die

of starvation or malnutrition-related

illnesses which are preventable.

 THAT IS 10 TIMES THE NUMBER

OF PEOPLE KILLED DURING THE 9/11 ATTACKS IN THE US…

 EVERY DAY

Developing Country Market

Developed Country Market

Note!

Have vs Have Not

DID YOU KNOW…

In the United States, an

estimated 65 percent of adults are overweight or obese,

leading to an annual loss of

300,000 lives and to at least

$117 billion in health care

costs in 1999.

DID YOU KNOW?

 At many fast-food restaurants, one single meal gives a

disproportionate share

(sometimes more than 100%) of the recommended daily intake of fat, cholesterol, salt, and sugar

DID YOU KNOW…

A recent study showed that

children who drink sodas and other sugar-sweetened drinks are more often obese and that this risk increases another

60% with each additional

beverage consumed.

DID YOU KNOW…

 McDonald's, which operates 30,000

restaurants in 119 countries and

serves 46 million customers each day, earned $15.4 billion in revenues in

2002 On opening day in Kuwait City, the line for the McDonald's drive-thru was more than 10 kilometers long.

DID YOU KNOW…

 India's fast-food industry is

growing by 40 percent a year and

is expected to generate over a

billion dollars in sales by 2005

Meanwhile, a quarter of India's

population remains

under-nourished—a number virtually

unchanged over the past decade

DID YOU KNOW…

China is now home to 800 KFCs and 100 Pizza Huts.

Only in Canada?

$1.5 billion for biofuel producers in an

effort to increase biofuel consumption to 5% of total fuel used by 2010!

international food aid is a mere $230

million, about 15% of what they’re giving the big oil companies!

Yes, in Canada…

food bank use is at a record high, with 753, 458 Canadians relying

on food banks in a one month

period Of these food bank

users, 41% are children

The Choice is Clear!

Or help to feed the hungry…?

 What are you having for lunch?

 And, if going out for lunch, how are you getting there?

 Make a good choice today!