Eating habits

You might think that how you eat is your personal choice, but one study found that the amount you spend on food is largely determined by your culture. Take for instance Asians, who spend about three times what a typical American does on food and non-alcoholic drinks. Meat and dairy are among the most expensive in the world in China, where people eat more than 3 billion servings of low-cost rice every day. Rice consumption in China has been growing for decades as people choose to eat rice over meat because fungi are cheaper and more abundant in rice. Poor families often choose to eat rice because rice is easy to feel satisfied On the other hand, in India, meat and dairy consumption levels are also among the highest in the world, with two-thirds of income being spent on food due to relatively high prices. In 2004, a working class family in Mumbai spent 75 rupees (about us RM4.25) per person per day on food . In the study, people were found searching bins outside a McDonald's restaur...