What A Week Of Groceries Looks Like Around The World

Dauntlessness
Dauntlessness Posts: 1,489 Member
in Food and Nutrition
This is exactly why we, the USA have an obese/overweight epidemic.

http://fstoppers.com/what-a-week-of-groceries-looks-like-around-the-world

USA
USA.jpg

Japan
Japan.jpg

Mongolia
Mongolia.jpg

Mexico
Mexico.jpg

Mali
Mali.jpg

Poland
Poland.jpg

India
India.jpg

Kuwait
Kuwait.jpg

Italy
Italy.jpg

Great Britain
GreatBritian.jpg

Germany
Germany.jpg

Guatemala
Guatemala.jpg

France
France.jpg

Ecuador
Ecuador.jpg

Australia
Australia.jpg

Chad
Chad.jpg

Canada
Cananda.jpg

Bhutan
Bhutan.jpg

China
China.jpg

Turkey
Turkey.jpg
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  • 6spdeg
    6spdeg Posts: 394 Member
    great thread!
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    wish I could see the pics
  • Miss_Meliss86
    Miss_Meliss86 Posts: 372 Member
    Huge differences! OP, might be wise to post a link to where you got the pics
  • sixout
    sixout Posts: 3,128 Member
    Nothing like generalizing.

    I mean sure, that's a weeks worth for some families. But not all. I don't think my family ever had that much for a full week, and I still got fat. Add in lots of beer.
  • Summer2k14
    Summer2k14 Posts: 31 Member
    Yeah..this is stereotypical..:\
  • mrsjoyw
    mrsjoyw Posts: 80 Member
    I could live in India and Italy. As much as I love France...well...I see I'd surely lose weight living there LOL! This was really interesting!
  • worldsbestauntie
    worldsbestauntie Posts: 280 Member
    WOW. Just looking at what each person has and the amounts they have is really eye opening.
  • froeschli
    froeschli Posts: 1,293 Member
    Funny how only the Germans own up to drinking alcohol. I would expect some wine in an Italian household, and more than one bottle in the French one...

    Great thread btw :-)
  • runningwild00
    runningwild00 Posts: 109
    Cool pictures.Where are they from?
    I hope Canada washed the table after putting a fresh fish on it, hahah.

    I think the obesity epidemic isn't just a product of what we eat. But the fact that so many people eat like the USA picture (and other countries pictures too) shows and doesn't move.
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    Go Canada! Milk bags FTW!
  • Dauntlessness
    Dauntlessness Posts: 1,489 Member
    Oh sorry, your right. Here is the link. Thanks :)

    http://fstoppers.com/what-a-week-of-groceries-looks-like-around-the-world
  • jamiesillimandunn
    jamiesillimandunn Posts: 270 Member
    WOW...very interesting !!
  • NonnyMary
    NonnyMary Posts: 982 Member
    Notice the USA has a lot of prepared food items, the other ones have more fruit & veg. How can that one family exist on so little food in that one pic???? but the family is very thin - the ones that have hardly anything.
  • short_nerdy_lady
    short_nerdy_lady Posts: 152
    bumps for later :)
  • kellehbeans
    kellehbeans Posts: 838 Member
    Lovely post. I thought the Great Britain weekly shop would match that of the USA's average family. It's quite surprising how different they both are.
  • SNorris01
    SNorris01 Posts: 97 Member
    That is really cool. I also noticed that Mexico has a lot more pop than I expected. Maybe part of the reason obese rate is about the same as ours. Tons of fast food in the USA scary to think that, but we are a country of convenience.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    They eat cats in France?! :noway:
  • nofunforangie
    nofunforangie Posts: 3
    This seems like a ton of food for a week (not counting Chad, of course) . Do most families really eat a whole sack of grains every week? That's nutty. I didn't realize how healthy I'd been eating until looking at these. Go, me!
  • SuffolkSally
    SuffolkSally Posts: 964 Member
    Like the way the Britsh include their pets food, lol. Have to say only the apples and eggs of the things in their average weekly shop ever appear on my shopping list though. Even my animals eat better than theirs...

    But a thought provoking and entertaining post, thank you.
  • SteveJWatson
    SteveJWatson Posts: 1,225 Member
    Funny how only the Germans own up to drinking alcohol. I would expect some wine in an Italian household, and more than one bottle in the French one...

    Great thread btw :-)

    I noticed that - and the British family only have one bottle of wine sneakily lurking on the matlepiece.....yeah, right! Are trips to the pub not included?
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    That seems like a lot of food for a week.
  • mommabenefield
    mommabenefield Posts: 1,329 Member
    i love the Italians way of eating :)
  • april1445
    april1445 Posts: 334
    That's fantastic! I just read on another website: ExRx.net (lots of great info) that the average American diet is the equivalent of 2/3 cup sugar, 1/2 cup shortening, 1.5 cup white flour, and 1.5 cups cottage cheese. I'm assuming that's daily, and I assume it means North America. Frightening.
  • Nikki_XC
    Nikki_XC Posts: 69
    Well, glad our wonderful community of people on MFP knows better or is at least attempting to make better choices! :)
    This is why we rock.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    I take offence to it being implied that us Brits eat dog but it's probably true that the French eat cats.

    PS WTF is that huge stuffed toy elephant doing in that Polish living room???
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    Notice the USA has a lot of prepared food items, the other ones have more fruit & veg. How can that one family exist on so little food in that one pic???? but the family is very thin - the ones that have hardly anything.

    It's called living in a poor region of Africa :(
  • Espressocycle
    Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
    The Chad one is pretty heartbreaking.
  • amruden
    amruden Posts: 228 Member
    Wow..
    I know my family of 5 (2 adults 3 kids) don't even come close to the US photo.

    Wonder how much of it goes to waste?
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,271 Member
    In the France example...is the Cat part of the weeks groceries?
  • ChitownFoodie
    ChitownFoodie Posts: 1,562 Member
    Depending on the week or day, my groceries look like any one of them. I live in a Filipino/Chinese/Italian/Irish household, where food is #1 priority. When my brother comes to visit, my groceries end up looking like all of them at once (he's a chef and his wife studied sushi making).

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