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What I eat : around the world in 80 diets / photographed by Peter Menzel ; written by Faith D'Aluisio ; foreword by Marion Nestle.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Napa, Calif. : Material World Books ; Berlekey [Calif.] : Ten Speed Press, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 335 p. : col. ill., map ; 32 cmISBN:
  • 0984074406
  • 9780984074402
Other title:
  • Around the world in 80 diets
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Partial contents:
2500-2900 calories: Vietnam, the rice farmer -- 2600 Canada, the sky-high manager ; USA Minnesota, the meat grinder ; China, the college student -- 2700: USA Texas, the astronaut ; Germany, the brewer; Taiwan, the street food vendor ; Yemen, the homemaker ; USA Arizona, the carpenter's assistant -- 2900: Mexico, the rancher -- 3000-2400 calories: 3000: India, the call center operator ; the Palestinian driver -- 3100: Israel, the rabbi ; kenya, the tea plantation farmer ; Latvia, the beekeeper -- 3200: USA Illinois, the restaurant owner ; Egypt, the camel broker ; USA Kentucky, the coal miner -- 3300: Yemen, the Qat seller -- 3400: Brazil, the Amazon grandmother -- Moving the idle masses / Mary Collins -- Portion size matters / Lisa R. Young --
3500-3900: 3500: Japan, the Sumo wrestler ; USA California, the paddle surfer -- 3600: USA Colorado, the greenskeeper -- 3700: Germany, the bread queen ; USA California, the wind farm eigineer ; Australia, the lifeguard -- 3800: Ecuador, the mountain farmer ; USA Maine, the lobsterman -- 3900: Spain, the shepherd ; Latvia, the voice coach ; USA Virginia, the sustainable farmer ; Russia, the art restorer -- Food taboos / Ellen Ruppel Shell -- 4000-4900 calories: 400: USA Texas, the U.S. Army soldier ; Italy, the friar ; Venezuela, the student in the Barrio ; Egypt, the businessman -- 4100: USA Illinois, the commodity farmer -- 4200: Spain, the bullfighter -- 4300: China, the welder ; Namibia, the game warden -- 4600: Germany, the master butcher -- 4700: Canada, the Inuit carver -- 4800: Japan,the bike messenger -- 4900: Tibet autonomous Region, China, the head monk ; Iran, the bread baker -- The end of cooking / Michael Pollan -- 5000-12300 calories: 5200: Brazil, the fisherman -- 5400: USA Mississippi, the long-haul trucker -- 5600: Tibet Autonomous Region, China, the yak herder -- 6000: Venezuela, the oil platform chief -- 6500: Greenland, the arctic hunter -- 6600: USA Illinois, the high-rise ironworker -- 8400: Namibia, the trans-Kalahari trucker -- 12300: Great Britain, the snacker mom -- The pleasures of eating / Wendell Berry -- Statistics.
800-1900 Calories per day: 800: Kenya, the Maasai herder -- 900: Botswana, the caretaker -- 1000: India, the Sadhu priest -- 1400: Bangladesh, the runaway train porter -- 1500: Namibia, the Himba pastoralist -- 1600: China, the extreme gamer ; USA Tennessee, candidate for obesity surgery -- 1700: USA New York, the weight-loss camper ; China, the acrobat -- 1800: Bangladesh, the factory seamstress -- 1900: Canada, the green teen ; USA Minnesota, the Mall of America staffer ; USA Pennsylvania, the calorie restrictor ; China, the citrus grower -- Why we cook / Richard Wrangham -- 200-2400 calories: 2000: Bangladesh, the microloan milker ; USA Illinois, the taxi driver ; Namibia, the diamond polisher -- 2100: Vietnam, the American War veteran ; USA California, the Iraq War veteran ; India, the urine drinker -- 2300: Chad, the teenage refugee ; USA New York, the man on the street ; Iceland, the cod fisherman -- 2400: Iran, the miniaturist's daughter ; USA New York, the model student ; India, the bicycle rickshaw driver ; Kenya, the microloan fish fryer -- The agony and the ecstacy of the calorie / Bijal P. Trivedi --
Summary: "A photographic collection with stories of 80 people and the food they eat over the course of one day, organized by total daily calorie count and including detailed food lists"--Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In this fascinating study of people and their diets, 80 profiles are organized by the total number of calories each person puts away in a day. Featuring a Japanese sumo wrestler, a Massai herdswoman, world-renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria, an American competitive eater, and more, these compulsively readable personal stories also include demographic particulars, including age, activity level, height, and weight. Essays from Harvard primatologist Richard Wrangham, journalist Michael Pollan, and others discuss the implications of our modern diets for our health and for the planet. This compelling blend of photography and investigative reportage expands our understanding of the complex relationships among individuals, culture, and food.

Includes bibliographical references.

2500-2900 calories: Vietnam, the rice farmer -- 2600 Canada, the sky-high manager ; USA Minnesota, the meat grinder ; China, the college student -- 2700: USA Texas, the astronaut ; Germany, the brewer; Taiwan, the street food vendor ; Yemen, the homemaker ; USA Arizona, the carpenter's assistant -- 2900: Mexico, the rancher -- 3000-2400 calories: 3000: India, the call center operator ; the Palestinian driver -- 3100: Israel, the rabbi ; kenya, the tea plantation farmer ; Latvia, the beekeeper -- 3200: USA Illinois, the restaurant owner ; Egypt, the camel broker ; USA Kentucky, the coal miner -- 3300: Yemen, the Qat seller -- 3400: Brazil, the Amazon grandmother -- Moving the idle masses / Mary Collins -- Portion size matters / Lisa R. Young --

3500-3900: 3500: Japan, the Sumo wrestler ; USA California, the paddle surfer -- 3600: USA Colorado, the greenskeeper -- 3700: Germany, the bread queen ; USA California, the wind farm eigineer ; Australia, the lifeguard -- 3800: Ecuador, the mountain farmer ; USA Maine, the lobsterman -- 3900: Spain, the shepherd ; Latvia, the voice coach ; USA Virginia, the sustainable farmer ; Russia, the art restorer -- Food taboos / Ellen Ruppel Shell -- 4000-4900 calories: 400: USA Texas, the U.S. Army soldier ; Italy, the friar ; Venezuela, the student in the Barrio ; Egypt, the businessman -- 4100: USA Illinois, the commodity farmer -- 4200: Spain, the bullfighter -- 4300: China, the welder ; Namibia, the game warden -- 4600: Germany, the master butcher -- 4700: Canada, the Inuit carver -- 4800: Japan,the bike messenger -- 4900: Tibet autonomous Region, China, the head monk ; Iran, the bread baker -- The end of cooking / Michael Pollan -- 5000-12300 calories: 5200: Brazil, the fisherman -- 5400: USA Mississippi, the long-haul trucker -- 5600: Tibet Autonomous Region, China, the yak herder -- 6000: Venezuela, the oil platform chief -- 6500: Greenland, the arctic hunter -- 6600: USA Illinois, the high-rise ironworker -- 8400: Namibia, the trans-Kalahari trucker -- 12300: Great Britain, the snacker mom -- The pleasures of eating / Wendell Berry -- Statistics.

800-1900 Calories per day: 800: Kenya, the Maasai herder -- 900: Botswana, the caretaker -- 1000: India, the Sadhu priest -- 1400: Bangladesh, the runaway train porter -- 1500: Namibia, the Himba pastoralist -- 1600: China, the extreme gamer ; USA Tennessee, candidate for obesity surgery -- 1700: USA New York, the weight-loss camper ; China, the acrobat -- 1800: Bangladesh, the factory seamstress -- 1900: Canada, the green teen ; USA Minnesota, the Mall of America staffer ; USA Pennsylvania, the calorie restrictor ; China, the citrus grower -- Why we cook / Richard Wrangham -- 200-2400 calories: 2000: Bangladesh, the microloan milker ; USA Illinois, the taxi driver ; Namibia, the diamond polisher -- 2100: Vietnam, the American War veteran ; USA California, the Iraq War veteran ; India, the urine drinker -- 2300: Chad, the teenage refugee ; USA New York, the man on the street ; Iceland, the cod fisherman -- 2400: Iran, the miniaturist's daughter ; USA New York, the model student ; India, the bicycle rickshaw driver ; Kenya, the microloan fish fryer -- The agony and the ecstacy of the calorie / Bijal P. Trivedi --

"A photographic collection with stories of 80 people and the food they eat over the course of one day, organized by total daily calorie count and including detailed food lists"--Provided by publisher.

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