Gallery: People Around the World Pose With Everything They Eat in a Day
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Cao Xiaoli, a professional acrobat, balances on one hand with her day's worth of food at Shanghai Circus World in Shanghai, China. The caloric value of her day's worth of food on a typical day in June was 1700 kcals.
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Saada Haidar, a housewife, with her typical day's worth of food at her home in the city of Sanaa, Yemen. The caloric value of her day's worth of food in the month of April was 2700 kcals. She is 27 years of age; 4 feet, 11 inches tall; and 98 pounds.
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Mariel Booth, a professional model and New York University student, at the Ten Ton Studio in Brooklyn with her typical day’s worth of food. The caloric value of her day's worth of food on a day in the month of October was 2400 kcals. She is 23 years of age; 5 feet, 9.5 inches tall; and 135 pounds.
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Xu Zhipeng, a freelance computer graphics artist and Internet gamer, with his typical day’s worth of food in his rented chair at the Ming Wang Internet Café in Shanghai, China. The caloric value of his day's worth of food in June was 1600 kcals. He is 23 years of age; 6 feet, 2 inches and 157 pounds.
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Shashi Kanth, a call center worker, with his day's worth of food in his office at the AOL call center in Bangalore, India. He is 23 years of age; 5 feet, 7 inches; and 123 pounds.
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Jun Yajima, 26, a bike messenger, at a busy intersection in the Shibuya district of Tokyo during rush hour with his typical day's worth of food totaling 4800 kcals. At 6 feet, and 180 pounds he often rides 80 or 100 kms a day.
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