Reading statistics about nutrition, poverty and world hunger just can't paint the same picture as photography. Profiling families from around the world, the authors photograph the family in their home, surrounded by a weeks worth of food.
Costs vary from $500 to $1.50 and nutritional value varies as well. Seeing the packages and produce all displayed makes the disparity very obvious. It is amazing how many brands have a global presence.
I am sure that some families adjusted the food displayed, some making it more wholesome than usual, others adding "special" foods for their guests. Even so, the differences are striking.
I would love to see this photographic research replicated with diverse American families. I would hypothesize that families in Arizona, New York, Alaska and Nebraska would demonstrate some telling data about the nutritional crisis in the United States as well.
Like it - want to read this one.
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