Gyrobob wrote on 05/05/12 at 18:46:37:If you enlarge the photos to full screen and study them carefully, you will notice that "Anglosaxon" families have a much higher intake of animal fats, candies and processed sweets as opposed to "Mediterranean" families.
I am sorry the pictures obnly show a partial view of the overall situation.
The first three pics show USA, Mexico and canada, respectively.
3 pictures, three nations, one continent.
Then comes Italy, with its huge array of fresh produce (look well, there's more fresh produce on the Italian table than the three North American tables combined).
If you compare the Italian table to the German and the English tables, you will see why I insist there is no such thing as "the European diet".
The Germans abound with fat meats like pork and beef, abound with beer and processed fruit drinks.
The English have so much processed sugars in their diet you will not be surprised to know they are THE most obese nation in Europe (never mind the pic of those four...)
Then comes China... which China ? When one nation is large as all of Europe and has four times the European population, to examine one family adnd claim "that's China" is oversimplifying...
...might as well have only one picture for North America and claim "that's America".
Japan sports a diet rich in rice and its derivatives, and A LOT OF fresh produce. That's how they live so long (so do we, by the way...
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Chad. Typical example of misinformation and political propaganda, as in "feel guilty!"
Where's Egypt ? Where's Morocco ? Where are Kenya or South Africa or Maagascar ?
So Chad, to my eyes, is a non-photo, dismiss it.
Incidentally, the Italian pic is perhaps the only one to be 100% honest, it's the only one where you see cigarette cartons in the rear...