What A Week Of Groceries Looks Like Around The World

This is so interesting. It also shows the poverty level of countries v. the US. Look at Chad compared to the US....we are truly gluttons

America runs off of convenience. Almost everything is processed, We really need to buy more fruits and vegtables and cook ourselves instead of opening a big of chips.

I'm not defending the average American diet because I know that it is horrific, but a lot of the impact of these photos is in how things are displayed. For example, every family other than the US family has their meat on platters, while the US family's is in packages, giving it a "less healthy" appearance. They also have the potato chips propped up tall so that's the first thing you notice. And as somebody else pointed out, the bright colored packaging gives the appearance that there is more "junk" food in the picture. There are prepackaged foods in most of these photos. And just about every family other than those in Africa have some form of soda.

Interestingly Japan has a lot of pre packaged foods but they are all drab colors very neutral. Interesting from a marketing and cultural perspective.

This! Did anyone notice the instant noodles in Japans photo? I almost didn't.

It is an over generalization but isn't that the point? From working in supermarkets I can confirm the UK one, Obviously you get people who eat much better but overall I'd say it's spot on. You also get people eating much worse. This is a brilliant thread, very interesting. I'd say the lack of alcohol is because pubs aren't included, why would they be. Most families, the adults don't get hammered at home

The greater the affordability and choice , the poorer the food choices ( except japan)

interesting. thanks for posting. food for thought (groan...)

Also, there are frozen pizzas in at least four other pictures, yet the American family is proudly displaying their delivery pizzas front and center. Is delivery worse than frozen? I don't know.

One day i was craving pizza so i went online and compared frozen pizza to a local delivery place. The local fresh pizza was a much healthier choice - 200 less calories and the sodium i cant even remember but it was insanely lower.
Also frozen pizza rarely has enough topping so i used to add extra

Interesting thread.... Nice to know where the problem originates!

LOL. Because THIS thread definitely gets to the bottom of it.

It's interesting to see a snapshot of what one family in each country eats and to compare (while that particular family may not represent the entire population). It seems like Coke is the international drink of choice!

I'm surprised with the Canadian family. They look pretty healthy, and it is similar to what my grocery shop would look like. However, I think if you went across the country or even within communities it would be different. I know my best friend's shopping for the week would look completely different than mine or the one pictured because her family is vegetarian. The lifestyle people have would impact their grocery shopping (such as income level, food preferences and access to groceries etc)

interesting