Module 6

When I first went to Italy, I had to adjust to how Italians ate their food. They have much less meat consumption as there is in the US. They concentrate a lot on pasta, cheese and vegetables. It was definitely great, but I oftentimes felt I hadn’t fulfilled my usual quota of meat quota. Their food revolves more around the culture of food in which they live in and their own history. I feel this affected me because Italy did not have the same drive the explode the Great Plains we have here in the US, which allowed us to perfect mass livestock production. The food we eat is very much connected as to what resources we have available and how we use that food as well as trends within the population.

While being in Italy, I saw how much they lacked overweight people compared to the US. Their diet is less focused around meat and generally had a healthier diet, they lack an obesity problem. Italy is #44 in obese population compared to the US is #6. Cultural differences driven by history have caused our country to have a higher consumption rate of high calorie foods compared to Italy. I do feel that we do eat too much livestock compared to other more sustainable foods. Though knowing this I probably won’t change my eating habits due to being so accustomed to this diet. I could recognize the cultural differences that immediately came up when I was faced by being in that situation.

Module 6 Gilberto Aponte-Prats

2 thoughts on “Module 6

  1. Hey Gilberto! Check out my post here if you want: https://wp.me/p3RCAy-bNC

    Your post really caught my eye based on your experience in Italy. I think its interesting how you pointed out how they base their food consumption on culture, which is very different than here in the United States. I also really liked your diagram on how you compared the U.S’s livestock use to that of Italy’s. I never realized how big of an affect livestock production contributed to obesity.

    Great post!

    -Karissa

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