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05/15/2008: "Indians wish to become as obese as Americans"

On May 2 George Bush was asked about food prices, and he responded with a common complaint of those in America who think that the rest of the world has too many people and that they are getting to be too middle class, having money to buy cars, electricity and better food. Bush said of India's growing middle class "when you start getting wealth, you start demanding better nutrition and better food, and so demand is high, and that causes the price to go up."

Indians were appalled. According to the IHT, Americans eat 3,770 calories per day on average, whereas Indians average 2,440 per day. Americans also eat by far the most beef, the most energy intensive food source. They ask "Why do Americans think they deserve to eat more than Indians?"

[ That is too many calories for either group. Indians are naturally smaller in stature than Americans and shouldn't exceed 2000 calories of nutritious food to be at their peak health. ]

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/bush-blames-food-prices-on-india.php