Eating
Hungry Planet: 30 families, 24 countries, 600 meals.
Hungry Planet: What The World Eats.
Photographer Peter Menzel and writer Faith D'Aluisio traveled
the world, inviting themselves to dine with 30 families
in 24 countries, from Darfur to Cuba to Poland. But before
dinner, they shop together. In so doing, they discover how
what we eat both reflects and affects who we are. Photo
portraits of each family show them surrounded by a week's
worth of groceries. Here from the book are four families
living in: Chad, Germany, Ecuador and Japan.
The Mustaphas of Dar Es Salaam Village, Chad...one week's
food, $18.33
The Melanders of Bargteheide, Germany....one week's food,
$500.07
The Aymes of Tingo, Ecuador...one week's food, $31.55
The Ukitas of Kodaira City, Japan....$317.25
Here from Hungry Planet
are the one week's food lists for each family along
with the the average calorie intact per person for that
country.
Chad (average
caloric intake per person: 2,114; life expectancy male/female:
46/49 years)
Germany (average caloric
intake per person: 3,496; life expectancy male/female: 76/82
years)
Ecuador (average caloric
intake per person: 2,754; life expectancy male/female: 68/74
years)
Japan (average caloric
intake per person: 2,761; life expectancy male/female: 78/85
years)
Image credits (from left): Digestive
System path; Vesalius
anatomy lesson;
woman with her alimentary canal ; The
Food Museum collection;
The Quest to Digest
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