MEDITERRANEAN AND WESTERN DIETS

Laura NespléClara Pérez

MEDITERRAN DIET

Characteristics:

-Their basic food is: legumes, vegetables, fruit, fish, olive oil and wine.

-They eat more fish, especially blue fish than meat.

-They usually cook simply.

-It’s a sustainable food model and of quality.

-Red meat is consumed few times a month.

-They cook with olive oil.

-They have five meals a day.

-This type of diet avoids cardiovascular

illnesses and cancer.

WESTERN DIET

Caracteristics:

-They cook with butter. -In their diet they include lots of saturated greasies, fried food, red meat, eggs, sweets, salt, fast food,...-Their diet caused obesity, cancer, arterial pressure.-It’s a diet with high greasy.

OUR SURVEY

•Do you cook with oil or with butter? •Do you usually eat vegetables and fruit? How often do you eat it? •Do you eat more fish than meat?•How often do you eat meat? And fish?•Do you usually drink milk in the morning? •Do you frequently eat cheese and yogurts? •Do you use to eat eggs once a week?•What do you usually eat in the morning? •How often do you eat legumes, cereals, rice, pasta and potatoes?•Do you usually eat pastry? •While you are eating do you drink water or drinks like Coca Cola, Fanta,...•Do you eat precooked food? Underdone? Grilled? And boiled? Stew? Roast?• How many meals do you eat in a day? What’s the main? And at what time do you eat? What do you eat in each meal?• How many people do you are in your family? How many adults and how many childs?

Food Mediterranean

Money

Meat and fish

50€ 7,26€

Eggs 2€ 2,42€Milk and dairy

8€ 6,05€

Fruit and vegetables

35€ 7,26€

Legums 5€ 1,94€Bread and cereals

20€ 2,67€

Oil and greasy

3€ 2,42€

Drinks without alcohol

5€ 7,26€

Drinks with alcohol

0€ 3,63€

Others 22€ 0€

MONEY SPENT IN A WEEK

SURVEY

MEDITERRANEAN WESTERN

5 meals 5 meals

Breakfast 7:30 cereals with milk Break 11.20 sandwichLunch14:00pasta and fishBreak18.00 fruitDinner 21.00vegetables

Breakfast 7:00 cereals Break 10.00sandwichBreak12:00 yoghurt, fruitLunch15.00riceDinner 19.30 potato, meat and salad

We use unsaturated fats to cook: oils.

They use saturated fats to cook: butter.

We eat vegetables and fruit 15-20 times a week.

They eat vegetables and fruit 4-6 times a week.

We eat grilled, boiled, fried and precooked food.

They eat boiled and fried food.

% OF MONEY THAT MEDITERRANEAN PEOPLE SPEND WITH FOOD IN A WEEK

% OF MONEY THAT WESTERN PEOPLE SPEND WITH FOOD IN A WEEK