Food Maps

[PKMKII]

First up in the "well duh" category, some maps comparing pounds of fruits and veggies per capita eaten, to obesity rates.



On a similar note, here's a state-by-state obesity map of the U.S.

Now here's what that map looks like, if you include the Canadian provinces:

What are you doing to keep skinny, Canada?

[S'presso]

Shoveling our driveways

And What's with the blob in Texas? There's a population of Texans who eat 60 lbs more fruit than everyone around them...

[PKMKII]

Shoveling our driveways

And What's with the blob in Texas? There's a population of Texans who eat 60 lbs more fruit than everyone around them...

Not sure, I couldn't find any maps that showed some sort of correlation.

[PKMKII]

In case you're wondering why Americans are so fat:

[Edd]

Shoveling our driveways

And What's with the blob in Texas? There's a population of Texans who eat 60 lbs more fruit than everyone around them...

Not sure, I couldn't find any maps that showed some sort of correlation.

It probably has something to do with the distribution of fruits and vegetables coming from Mexico via ground transport.

[Roland Deschain]

Interesting maps there. I'd like to see something similar for Europe if such a thing exists, although I can imagine the subsidies pyramid being pretty similar, if not the same. The meat and dairy lobbies have too many friends in high places me thinks.

[Edd]

The meat and dairy lobbies have too many friends in high places me thinks.

You may have that backwards, Roland. I think they appeal to the lowest common denominator.

[Roland Deschain]

The meat and dairy lobbies have too many friends in high places me thinks.

You may have that backwards, Roland. I think they appeal to the lowest common denominator.

That's what I meant.

[PKMKII]

Once again, notice how U.S. food consumption more closely mirrors the government's food subsidy budget than the food pyramid.

[KC Observer]

Beer and distilled spirits should count as grain and wine should count as fruit!

[PKMKII]

Beer and distilled spirits should count as grain and wine should count as fruit!

We're talking about America, not Scotland.

[Roy Hunter]

Beer and distilled spirits should count as grain and wine should count as fruit!

We're talking about America, not Scotland.

Okay then, ketchup is a vegetable.

[PKMKII]

Families from various countries, their food for a week and how much it cost. What stands out to me about the American family, is they're not really spending most of their food budget on food, but the preparing and processing thereof. If they had the Ecuadorians' dollar-to-food ratio, they'd have a whole farm.

[Roy Hunter]

What stands out to me about the American family, is they're not really spending most of their food budget on food, but the preparing and processing thereof.

You've got a consumer-led economy, places like Chad and Ecuador are producer-led economies.

If people are buying ingredients and making their own food, it doesn't stimulate the economy as much as them buying ready-made or processed foods. Plus there is the opportunity cost of having someone spending several hours every day preparing food, when they could be either working or consuming (and stimulating the economy).

So the next time you (or I) spend three hours in the kitchen making a meal from scratch, remember this: you're buggering up the economy. Phone for a pizza instead.

[Ubi Dubius]

We did. Yesterday.

Of course, Ubi Dubium got free food at her rehearsal. How'd that do for the economy?