You Are What You Eat...Maybe?

What the World Eats Photo Essay - Click HERE to View

I came across a great photo essay called "What the World Eats, Part I" from TIME Magazine.  It is an investigative look at the food items that families around the world eat.  What I found especially interesting is the TIME Magazine's choice to include each family's weekly financial expenditure on food.  By simply viewing the slideshow, it becomes incredibly clear to the viewer the close similarities and stark differences amongst these various families.  I immediately expected the American families to have the highest cost of groceries, but the families from Europe, specifically the Melander family of Bargteheide, overall spent the most per week (an equivalent of $500.07!).  It was very disheartening to see how little the The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp spent on food especially when juxtaposed against families spending as high as 500% more than their weekly cost.  This photo essay allows the you to see our commonalities as humans on this earth.  With viewing these various families side by side, are you able to make any other poignant observations?