Re: Productivity - Norway leads the table.

James Arthur wrote:

On Sep 9, 12:11 pm, David Brown
<david.br...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

James Arthur wrote:

On Sep 8, 8:28 am, MooseFET <kensm...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The eating habbits in poor countries are not very good. It is the
countries with a modest economic system that generally have a good
diet. The poor tend to eat way too much of things like corn that are
super cheap.

Of the richer countries, the US was near the bottom of the list.
There has to be more at work than having the money to buy junk food.

Why does there have to be any more at work? Why do we need look any
farther?

Diet and lifestyle have a lot to do with it, but they don't come as a
direct result of money


I agree. The poor often have poor diets here, so to speak, but it's
not because of the money. Earlier in the thread I showed one can eat
quite well--and good stuff--on a dollar a day.


(Norwegians have more money than Americans, but
have a significantly healthier lifestyle and longer life expectancy).


40% of Americans die from heart disease, which is 1 teaspoon destiny +
1,583 pizzas. Mix thoroughly.

Norwegians also lead the world in the number of pizzas eaten per person,
according to something I read long ago. But Americans beat us soundly
on hamburgers (and also on the amount of sugar and fat added to the
hamburgers).


Sure. I make tasty pizza sometimes, and it's not even bad for you.
The amounts and types of fat matter.

Sugarwise, Americans consumed 21 megatons of caloric sweetners in 2006
[1-3]. This works out to 42 gigapounds. Divided by 300 megapeeps =~
140 lbs. annually per person.


Oh man. We buy maybe 3-4lbs a month and most of that is to make humming bird feeder juice. With those guys 90%+ of that is applied towards the aerial combat budget.

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