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    What the World Eats: A Week's Worth of Groceries Around the Globe


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    Bloody Hell, look at the amount of meat the Aussies are scoffing! I thought the T-Rex was extinct!
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    We're pretty good in our household. We don't really eat crisps, chocolate bars or biscuits as a matter of course.

    The kids also eat a very varied diet, especially compared to some of their friends who will only eat sausages or chicken nuggets. eg: Lots of salads with oily fish etc etc.
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    Look at all that German beer! I do like a tasty bottle of Weiss beer.
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    lol I miss Japanese t.v.

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    The Americans are the worst offenders of the group. The third world countries appear to have a healthier diet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slickwilly13 View Post
    The Americans are the worst offenders of the group. The third world countries appear to have a healthier diet.
    I don't know...if we generalized a trend from what we saw it would almost seem like Mexico should have a higher incidence of diabetes than the U.S., Germans would soon be extinct due to liver failure and the Poles would one day evolve into some vegan Eloi-folk in the far flung future.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AcesandEights View Post
    I don't know...if we generalized a trend from what we saw it would almost seem like Mexico should have a higher incidence of diabetes than the U.S., Germans would soon be extinct due to liver failure and the Poles would one day evolve into some vegan Eloi-folk in the far flung future.
    I almost chose Mexico, because of the sodas, but at least they had a lot of fruit and vegetables. It was close between Mexico and USA. I thought the South and Central American countries had most natural and healthiest diets. I was impressed with some of the Asian countries, too.

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    Very interesting, thanks for posting Aces.

    I'm not sure how representative that is of the "average" diet of these places, but it's still an interesting view nonetheless.

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    They missed north korea off the list..


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