Around the World Via a Day's Worth of Food
Namibia, The Pastoralist
Name: Viahondjera Musutua, a Himba tribeswoman
Age: 23 Height: 5' 8" Weight: 160 pounds
The caloric value of her food this day: 1500 calories*
FIRST MEAL OF THE DAY: Cornmeal porridge, 1.7 lb. with sour whole milk, 11.3 fl. oz.
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SECOND MEAL: Cornmeal porridge, 1.8 lb. with sour whole milk, 11.3 fl. oz.
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THROUGHOUT THE DAY: Sour whole milk, 26.3 fl. oz. Bird plums (not pictured as she ate what she had picked before the photo was taken), 3.5 oz. Water from nearby river, 12 fl. oz.
A Himba family's wealth is computed in cattle but family members seldom eat a cow or goat themselves, except on special occasions. Viahondjera Musutua's staple foods are milk she ferments herself, for preservation, and corn meal porridge.
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Tennessee, USA, The Candidate for Obesity Surgery
Name: Rick Bumgardener, former school bus driver
Age: 54 Height: 5' 9" Weight: 468 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 1600 calories
BREAKFAST: 12-grain bagel, 1.5 oz., with Jennie-O Breakfast Lover's turkey sausage, 1.6 oz., andSmart Beat nondairy cheese substitute, American cheese flavored, 0.7 oz. Quaker Simple Harvestgranola bar, chocolate chunk, 1.2 oz. Iced tea, 12 fl. oz., with Splenda sweetener, 1 tsp.
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LUNCH: Lean Pockets stuffed sandwich, Philly steak and cheese, 4.5 oz. Green Giant broccoli and carrots with Italian seasoning, 3.5 oz. Iced tea, 12 fl. oz., with Splenda sweetener, 1 tsp.
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DINNER: Chicken leg coated with light Italian dressing, baked, 4.7 oz. Ronzoni Healthy Harvest whole wheat blend, yolk-free pasta, with Ragu Double Cheddar cheese sauce and steamed broccoli, 8.6 oz.Jello-O sugar-free pudding snack, dulce de leche, 3.7 oz. Iced tea, 12 fl. oz., with Splenda sweetener, 1 tsp.
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SNACKS AND
 OTHER: Quaker Simple Harvest granola bar, roasted nut, 1.2 oz. Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs, Planters Peanut Butter Cookie Crisps, 0.8 oz. Baby carrots, 2.5 oz. Grape tomatoes, 2.4 oz. Cauliflower, 1.4 oz. Green onion, 0.4 oz. Radishes, 0.3 oz. V8 100% Vegetable Juice, low-sodium, 5.5 fl. oz. Crystal Clear bottled water, 1.1 qt. Supplements: cranberry caplet vitamin B12 multivitamin Medications: allopurinol, aspirin, calcitrIol, diltiazem, exenatide, glyburide, losartan. Other medications (not in picture, and only taken when needed): alprazolam, colchicine, fexofenadine, gabapentin, naproxen, simvastatin
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China, The Teenaged Acrobat
Name: Cao Xiaoli
Age: 16 Height: 5' 2" Weight: 99 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 1700 calories
BREAKFAST: Yipin Xuan cake, 5.5 oz. Danone yogurt, kiwi, 3.5 oz. Apple, 7.2 oz.
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LUNCH : Zha paigu (pork ribs, breaded and deep-fried), 2.8 oz., with rice flour noodles, 3.5 oz., and stir-fried cucumber, 5.4 oz. Tea egg (hard-boiled egg stewed in salted tea), 1.7 oz. Salty vegetable broth with green onion, 9.8 oz. White rice, 5.9 oz.
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THROUGHOUT THE DAY: Uni-President bottled green tea, unsweetened, 16.9 fl. oz. Boiled water, 23.7 fl. oz.
Cao Xiaoli and the acrobatic troupe perform 7 nights a week. They live at the Shanghai Circus World complex, and eat in the employee cafeteria. On the weekends when she's not working, Cao Xiaoli's mother feeds her home cooking and fast food.
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Minnesota, USA, The Mall of America Staffer
Name: Tiffany Whitehead, student and part-time ride supervisor
Age: 21 Height: 5' 7" Weight: 130 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 1900 calories
EARLY MEAL: Burger King Chicken Fries (breaded, fried chicken strips), 3.7 oz. Burger King french fries, 4.5 oz. Dr. Pepper, 15.7 fl. oz.
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LATER MEAL: Taco Bell hard-shell tacos, ground beef (3), 10.3 oz., with Taco Bell Border Sauce, mild, 1.5 oz. Mountain Dew Baja Blast, 25.7 fl. oz.
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SNACKS: Betty Crocker Scooby-Doo! snacks, fruit flavored, 2.6 oz. Stride Forever Fruit gum, 3 pieces. Ice to chew, 1.3 lb.
Tiffany Whitehead says that when she worked full-time, she would bring a healthier lunch from home, but at the time of her food portrait relied on fast food to sustain her on workdays.
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California, USA, The Iraq War Veteran
Name: Felipe Adams
Age: 30 Height: 5' 10" Weight: 135 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 2100 calories
BREAKFAST: Quaker instant oatmeal, maple and brown sugar flavored, 1.5 oz. (dry weight). Apple, 7.7 oz. Coffee, 2 fl. oz.
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LUNCH AT PETITE SARA CAFE: Chicken sandwich: toasted wheat bread, 4 oz., grilled chicken breast, 6 oz., grilled onion, 2 oz., lettuce, 1.5 oz., mayonnaise, 2 tsp., mustard, 1 tsp., butter, 0.5 tsp. Fruit plate of cantaloupe, grapes, kiwi, orange, pineapple, plum, strawberries, and watermelon, 7.9 oz.Honest Ade drink, orange mango, 16.9 fl. oz.
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DINNER: Chicken breast, 4.5 oz., with Tapatio hot sauce, 0.5 tsp. White rice, 4.9 oz. Salad of lettuce and tomato (tomato not in picture), 1.4 oz. Salt, sprinkled over everything, 0.5 tsp.
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AT NIGHT BEFORE BED: Dannon Activa yogurt, vanilla, 4 oz. Prune juice, 6 fl. oz.
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SNACKS AND OTHER: Doritos tortilla chips, nacho cheese flavored, 1 oz. Trident Minty Sweet Twistgum, 18 pieces. Kirkland Signature bottled water, 2.6 qt.
U.S. Army infantryman Felipe Adams was paralyzed from the waist down by a sniper's bullet at the beginning of his second tour in Baghdad. Because of the paralysis, Adams has had to learn to fuel his body differently. "I'm a big fan of steak," he says, "but it causes problems." Also, he no longer feels hunger the way he used to. "I just know that at certain times of day I've gotta eat."
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New York, USA, The Model / Student
Name: Mariel Booth
Age: 23 Height: 5' 9.5" Weight: 135 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 2400 calories
BREAKFAST: Fruit salad of strawberries, blueberries, peach, and melon from Ruby's Diner, NYC, with low-fat yogurt, 9.3 oz. Blue Diamond Almond Breeze almond milk, 8.6 fl. oz., mixed with Whole Foods soy protein powder, vanilla, 2 tbsp. Soy latte, 16 fl. oz.
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LUNCH: Dean & Deluca brown rice vegetarian sushi, 7 oz., with soy sauce, 1 tsp., and wasabi, 0.3 tsp. Kombucha Wonder Drink fermented tea, 8.5 fl. oz. Zico coconut water, 11.2 fl. oz.
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DINNER: Tuna salad: Bumble Bee tuna, packed in water, 4.6 oz., corn, 4.4 oz., avocado, 3.3 oz., mixed greens, 2.2 oz., cucumber, 1.9 oz., kidney beans, 1.9 oz., tomato, 1.1 oz., with lemon juice and olive oil dressing, 1 tbsp. Progresso Vegetable Classics soup, minestrone, 13.1 oz. Multigrain roll, 2.7 oz. White wine, 6.2 fl. oz.
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SNACKS AND OTHER: 365 Everyday Value pita chips, 1.9 oz. Tofutti Cuties dairy-free ice cream sandwich, vanilla, 1.6 oz. Yogi Tea and Numi caffeine free teas (4), 1.3 qt., with honey (not in picture), 2 oz. Fiji bottled water, 3.2 qt.
At the time of her food portrait Mariel Booth says she felt good about her weight and her health, but lamented that because she was the perfect weight for her size four body, and not skinnier, she was making much less money.
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Yemen, The Home Maker
Name: Saada Haidar
Age: 27 Height: 4' 11" Weight: 98 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 2700 calories
EARLY MORNING: Qishir (sweet, tea-like coffee made from coffee bean husks), 4.1 fl oz.
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BREAKFAST: Ful (fava beans), cooked with onion, tomato, and ground chilies, 5.6 oz. Khubz (wheat flour flat bread), 3.7 oz. Black tea, 3.4 fl. oz. with sugar, 1 tsp.
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MIDMORNING SNACK: Khubz, 1.8 oz. with tahini, 0.9 oz., and feta cheese, 0.9 oz.
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LUNCH: Saltah (spicy meat and vegetable stew. In this recipe: mutton, eggplant, tomato, and onion stew with hot chilies and hulbah, a foamy fenugreek topping), 8.7 oz. Rice, spiced with cumin and cardamom, 10.6 oz. Fresh tomato relish, 4.4 oz. Lahuuh (a fermented flat bread, similar to a pancake), 3.9 oz. Salad of cucumber, onion, carrot, tomato, cilantro, parsley, and lime juice, 5.8 oz. Green onion, 1.3 oz. White radish, 1.8 oz. Black tea with sweetened condensed milk, 3.2 fl. oz.
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DINNER: Scrambled eggs with tomato and onion, 3.8 oz. Maluuj (bread made from millet and wheat flours), 5 oz. Black tea, 3.4 fl. oz., with sugar, 1 tsp.
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SNACKS AND OTHER: Mango, 8.7 oz. Banana, 4.1 oz. Cantaloupe, 3 oz. Honeydew, 3.2 oz. Papaya, 4.1 oz. Qafuu'a (bread made from wheat and lentil flours one-third of the full round shown is eaten), 4.1 oz. Calf meat on bone, 9.2 oz. (not included in calorie total as this is eaten only once a week) Bottled water, 1.6 qt.
The caloric value of Saada Haidar's day's worth of food in Yemen's capital city — 2700 — is much more than she used to eat in her rural village six hours south.
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Vietnam, The Rice Farmer
Name: Nguyen Van Theo
Age: 51 Height: 5' 4" Weight: 110 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 2500 calories
BREAKFAST: Rice noodles, 2.7 oz. (dry weight), boiled and eaten with fish sauce, 1.5 tbsp.
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LUNCH: Pork loin cooked with bean sprouts and green onion, 3.6 oz. Pork back cooked with pickled mustard greens, 3 oz. White rice, 1.4 lb.
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DINNER: Pork back seasoned with fish sauce and caramel sugar, 1.6 oz. Eggs, from his chickens, fried with green onion, 2.6 oz. Spinach and spinach water broth, 5.2 oz. White rice, 1.4 lb. Homemade ruou thuoc (strong rice wine with herbs), 1.9 fl. oz.
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THROUGHOUT THE DAY: Green tea, 7.8 fl. oz. Tobacco, 0.5 oz. Boiled rainwater, 1.6 qt.
In this food portrait, a pile of last year's rice straw lies in the background. It is used as fuel to boil water in the family's small kitchen. Cisterns collect rainwater for drinking and cooking.
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Egypt, The Camel Broker
Name: Saleh Abdul Fadlallah
Age: 40 Height: 5' 8" Weight: 165 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 3200 calories
BREAKFAST: Eggs (2), 3.8 oz., fried with butter, 1 tbsp., eaten with ful medames (fava beans cooked with garlic, lemon juice, cumin, and oil, not in picture*), 5.2 oz., and aish baladi (flat country bread), 8.6 oz. Fried potato chips, 1.3 oz. Tomatoes, 6.1 oz., with salt, 0.5 tsp. Feta cheese, 3.7 oz. Black tea, 3.8 fl. oz., with sugar, 1 tbsp. Boiled water, 7 fl. oz.
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LUNCH: Goat meat broth with bone, 6.7 oz. Potato and tomato cooked with onion, garlic, cumin, Egyptian baharat (spice mixture), and oil, 6.7 oz. Soup of molokhiya (Jew's mallow), chicken stock, butter, garlic, and coriander, 4.5 oz. White rice, 7.5 oz. Black tea, 3.8 fl. oz., with sugar, 1 tbsp.
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DINNER: Aish baladi, 8.6 oz. Feta cheese, 2.3 oz. White rice, 6.3 oz. Fried potato chips, 1.5 oz. Black tea, 4 fl. oz., with sugar, 1 tbsp. Boiled water, 7 fl. oz.
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THROUGHOUT THE DAY: Black tea (6), 20 fl. oz., with sugar, 2.5 oz. Cleopatra king-size cigarettes, 1 pack
Although virtually all of the camels that Saleh Fadlallah sells at the camel market are sold for their meat, he rarely eats this meat himself as it's too expensive for everyday meals.
* The dish at the lower right, additional goat meat with broth, is a stand-in for the missing beans it is not included in the calorie total.
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Ecuador, The Mountain Farmer
Name: Maria Ermelinda Ayme Sichigalo
Age: 37 Height: 5' 3" Weight: 119 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 3800 calories
BREAKFAST: Empanadas (fried turnovers) filled with cheese, 8.1 oz. Chapo (toasted barley and wheat flours, mixed with instant coffee, panela [hard brown sugar], and hot water), 7.5 oz. Panela mixed with hot water, 6.4 fl. oz.
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LUNCH: Barley flour, added to water to make barley flour soup, 10.6 oz. Boiled potatoes with carrots and green beans, 1.4 lb.
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DINNER: Salad of lettuce, potato, and carrot, 15.2 oz. Green plantain, 3.5 oz. Yellow plantain, 7.8 oz.
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SNACKS AND OTHER: Roasted potatoes, 1.4 lb. Machica (toasted barley and wheat flours), added to hot water and eaten throughout the day, 4.6 oz. Water from a nearby spring, for cooking, 2.1 qt.
A subsistence farmer and mother of eight, Maria Ermelinda Ayme Sichigalo prepares all of the family's meals while kneeling on an earthen floor, cooking over an open fire of sticks and straw. The hard manual labor of farming and shepherding at an elevation above 11,000 feet, as well as cooking and caring for the children, requires a substantial number of calories. Her family doesn't eat the animals they raise — only sell them to buy what they don't grow or have on hand.
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Spain, The Shepherd
Name: Miguel Angel Martin Cerrada
Age: 47 Height: 5' 7.5" Weight: 154 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 3800 calories
BREAKFAST: Lamb, 8.2 oz. (raw weight), cooked with olive oil, 1 tbsp. Tocino de panceta (cured pork belly), 2.9 oz. Baguette, 5.3 oz. Coffee, 3.2 fl. oz., with sugar, 2 tsp. Mahou Clasica beer, 11.2 fl. oz.
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WHILE SHEPHERDING: Cold omelet with canned tuna, 9.8 oz. Baguette, 5.3 oz. Mahou Clasica beer (3), 33.6 fl. oz.
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DINNER: Merluza (hake, a saltwater fish), 9.5 oz. (raw weight), pan-fried with olive oil, 1 tbsp., after being cooked in a garlic and herb broth, 4.9 fl. oz., with potato and green onion (not in picture), and salt, 9.6 oz. Mahou Clasica beer, 11.2 fl. oz.
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SNACKS AND OTHER: Banana, 4.3 oz. Orange, 5.7 oz. Malaga Virgen muscatel (sweet wine made from muscat grapes, similar to port) (2), 5.1 fl. oz.
Miguel Angel Martin Cerrada drinks beer at breakfast and dinner, and also during the day while shepherding his hundreds of sheep and goats, saying it helps to keep him warm. He butchers an animal or two a month to keep his family supplied with meat.
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California, USA, The US Army Soldier
Name: Curtis Newcomer
Age: 20 Height: 6' 5" Weight: 195 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 4000 calories
MESS HALL BREAKFAST: Corned beef hash, 2.2 oz. Scrambled egg, 3 oz. Bacon, 0.7 oz. Apple, 6 oz.Otis Spunkmeyer cookie, chocolate chip, 2.3 oz.
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LUNCH MRE: (Meal, Ready-to-Eat) ham and shrimp jambalaya, 8 oz. (dry weight) MRE vegetable and cheese omelet, 8 oz. (dry weight) MRE shredded potatoes with bacon, 5 oz. (dry weight) MRE cinnamon scone, 2 oz. MRE toaster pastry, strawberry, 1.6 oz. MRE crackers, 1.3 oz. MRE Pangea World Bakers pound cake, vanilla, 2.5 oz. MRE dairy shake fortified with calcium and vitamin D, strawberry, powdered, 3.5 oz. (dry weight) MRE orange carbohydrate electrolyte beverage, powdered, 1.5 tbsp. (dry weight) MRE Crystal Light red tea, 0.5 tsp. (dry weight) MRE jam, blackberry, 2 tbsp.Frank's Red Hot pepper sauce, 1.5 tbsp.
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MESS HALL DINNER: Shrimp scampi, 2.7 oz., with Parmesan cheese, 0.5 tsp., and Frank's Red Hotpepper sauce, 1.5 tbsp. White bread, 2.5 oz. Salad of lettuce and tomato, 2.4 oz. Peas, canned, 1.8 oz. Del Monte fruit cocktail, lite, 4 oz. Famous Amos cookies, chocolate chip, 2 oz.
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THROUGHOUT THE DAY: Gatorade sports drink (3), 1.1 qt. Deja Blue bottled water (5), 2 gal. (also used to hydrate the drink powders and all MREs) Cigarettes (in sleeve pocket), 1 pack
Curtis Newcomer, photographed here at Fort Irwin, reported that he generally eats double MRE rations, but he's not gaining weight from them. When this food portrait was taken, he was preparing for his second deployment to Iraq.
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Japan, The Bike Messenger
Name: Yajima Jun
Age: 26 Height: 6' Weight: 180 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 4800 calories
BREAKFAST: Salmon fillet, 3.5 oz. White rice, 12.7 oz. Egg, 2.2 oz., scrambled and eaten with natto (fermented soybeans), 1.6 oz., and soy sauce, 2 tsp. Umeboshi (pickled ume plums), tuna flavored (2), 0.7 oz. Kagome vegetable juice, 6.8 fl. oz.
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LUNCH ON THE BIKE: Homemade onigiri (rice balls wrapped in seaweed), 1.1 lb., stuffed with ume plums and yukari (pickled red shiso leaves, dried and powdered), 1 tbsp. Steamed white bread, 6.7 oz. Yamazaki apple pie, 4.4 oz. Coca-Cola, 16.9 fl. oz.
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DINNER: Fried chicken, 10.1 oz. White rice, 1.5 lb. Miso soup (not in picture), 8 fl. oz. Budweiserbeer, 11.8 fl. oz.
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THROUGHOUT THE DAY: Amino Vital supplements, 0.1 oz. Pocari Sweat sports drink, 16.9 fl. oz. Kirin green tea, 16.9 fl. oz. Georgia Espresso Caffe coffee, with whole milk and sugar (3), 19.3 fl. oz. Boiled water, 10 fl. oz. Vittel bottled water (5), 2.6 qt.
In a typical workday, Yajima Jun spends nine-hours on his bike, five to six days a week. His workday meals are eaten on the run and packaged for speed. Many of the snacks and drinks he eats during the day are obtained from vending machines, which are ubiquitous in Tokyo.
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Iran, The Baker
Name: Akbar Zareh
Age: 48 Height: 5' 3" Weight: 143 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 4900 calories
BREAKFAST: Hard-boiled eggs (2), 4.2 oz. Sabzi khordan (fresh herb mix) with radishes, 3.2 oz. Nan-e taftoon (light, crusty flat bread), 10 oz. Black tea, 8.5 fl. oz., with sugar, 2 tsp.
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SNACKS THROUGH THE DAY, GRABBED AS HE WORKS: Khoshk yazdi (flat cracker bread, the type he bakes to sell, eaten fresh), 1.5 lb. Tomatoes, 5.3 oz. Grapes, 13.8 oz. Pomegranate, from the tree outside his bakery, 15.3 oz.
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DINNER: Kabab koobideh (lamb kebab), 5.2 oz. White rice, 14 oz. Yogurt, 10.6 oz. Nan-e taftoon, 10 oz.
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LATE EVENING: Whole milk, hot, 6.8 fl. oz.
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THROUGHOUT THE DAY: Boiled water, 3.2 qt.
Working alone in his small bakery, Akbar Zareh is a perpetual motion machine throughout the day, seven days a week, fueling himself with his own flat bread and quick snacks of vegetables and fruit.
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Brazil, The Amazon Fisherman
Joao Agustinho Cardoso
Age: 69 Height: 5' 2.5" Weight: 140 pounds
Caloric value of food this day: 5200 calories
BREAKFAST: Hileia crackers, 3.2 oz. Nestle Ninho whole milk, from powder, 10.6 fl. oz.
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MIDDAY SNACK: Hileia crackers, 3.2 oz. Windy fruit drink, made from a powdered mix, 10.3 fl. oz.
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LUNCH AND DINNER (cooked at one time and eaten for both meals): Curimata (a freshwater fish), 2.3 lb. (whole, raw weight), boiled with onion and green onion, 5.8 oz., with garlic, chicory leaves, alfavaca (a basil-like herb), black pepper, salt, and urucum powder (for red coloring), 0.9 oz. Adriaspaghetti, 1.4 lb., and pinto beans, 5.9 oz. (dry weight), cooked with Sadia soybean oil, 1.5 fl. oz., eaten with the fish and the salty broth from cooking the fish, 14.5 fl. oz. Manioc flour, liberally sprinkled on every dish, 11 oz. salt for lunch and dinner, 1 tbsp.
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THROUGHOUT THE DAY: Water, collected from a government-built well located a 30 minutes away by boat 2.1 qt.
Joao Agustinho Cardoso's menu has changed substantially since he began to receive a government pension for rural Brazilians in his mid-60s. In addition to his staple diet of fish, the onetime subsistence fisherman now eats store-bought pasta and sweets.
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