use the website- https://time.com/8515/what-the-world-eats-hungry-planet/
or
swipe right on family pictures to see different families
Look at the photographs of families from various countries each posing with one week’s worth of food and answer the following questions.
Photograph website: https://time.com/8515/what-the-world-eats-hungry-planet/
Data
Country 1: _____________________________
1. Number of family members ___________________
2. What assumptions can be made about the life expectancy of individuals in this country?
3. Based on the photograph, what can you tell about the apparent Level of Development?
4. Which food group is represented the most? Least?
5. What can be said about the amount of foods the family has purchased in a store/supermarket and foods they may grow or make themselves?
6. Research what percentage of the population is obese? ____________________ Compare the answer from question 5 to the obesity percentage. Is there any
correlation? Explain.
7. Looking at the photos, estimate the amount of fruit eaten by each family member in one week.
8. looking at the photos, estimate the amount of meat eaten by each family member in one week.
9. What does this family’s food supply reveal about its standard of living and the circumstances of the family members’ lives?
Country 2: _____________________________
1. Number of family members ___________________
2. What assumptions can be made about the life expectancy of individuals in this country?
3. Based on the photograph, what can you tell about the apparent Level of Development?
4. Which food group is represented the most? Least?
5. What can be said about the amount of foods the family has purchased in a store/supermarket and foods they may grow or make themselves?
6. Research what percentage of the population is obese? ____________________ Compare the answer from question 5 to the obesity percentage. Is there any
correlation? Explain.
7. Looking at the photos, estimate the amount of fruit eaten by each family member in one week.
8. looking at the photos, estimate the amount of meat eaten by each family member in one week.
9. What does this family’s food supply reveal about its standard of living and the circumstances of the family members’ lives?
Imagine that your family has been selected to take part in a Hungry Planet photograph, just as the other families shown agreed to do. Answer the following
questions based on your family.
Country 3: United States
State:
1. Number of family members ___________________
2. What assumptions can be made about the life expectancy of individuals in this country?
3. Based on the photograph, what can you tell about the apparent Level of Development?
4. Which food group is represented the most? Least?
5. What can be said about the amount of foods the family has purchased in a store/supermarket and foods they may grow or make themselves?
6. Research what percentage of the population is obese? ____________________ Compare the answer from question 5 to the obesity percentage. Is there any
correlation? Explain.
7. Looking at the photos, estimate the amount of fruit eaten by each family member in one week.
8. looking at the photos, estimate the amount of meat eaten by each family member in one week.
9. What does this family’s food supply reveal about its standard of living and the circumstances of the family members’ lives?
Conclusion
1. Which family do you think has the healthiest diet overall? Why?
2. What happens to people’s diet when they make more money? Explain how their diet changes. Do you
think this is a positive or negative change? Please explain.
3. In your opinion, do you think eating too much or not having enough food is more of an issue in the world.
Justify your response.
4. Imagine that family 1 or 2 joins you and your family for dinner at your home. Predict what the members of that family would say to each other about this meal when they returned home.
