Page 44 - Green Builder May-June 2017 Issue

HOUSING THE MANY

INFOGRAPHIC:
A Day in the Life of

the Average American

Using our time
A study released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development provides an overview of social trends in its 34 member
countries. The study, based on OECD databases and other sources, attempts
to show how nations’ lifestyles are changing over time in relationship to
each other. A look at how Americans compare with people elsewhere:
Cooking Eating Obesity
30 min 1 hr 14 min 33%
Americans spend only Americans also One-third of
30 minutes per day on spend little time Americans
average cooking, the eating, the third lowest are obese.
lowest in the OECD. in the OECD. Percent of total
In minutes: In minutes: population (2007-08):
USA .....................30 Turkey ................162 USA ..................33.8
Ireland ..................35 France ................135 United SOURCE: LIFESLITTLEMYSTERIES.COM
Canada ............... 40 New Zealand... 130 Kingdom .........24.5
Germany .............41 Japan ................. 117 Canada ............ 24.2
Finland ................ 42 Italy .....................114 New Zealand ...26.5
Average ...............52 USA ..................... 74 Australia ........... 24.8

Fast times. Contrary to what you might believe if you
watch cable cooking channels, the amount of life energy
people want to spend at home cooking is minimal, and
even less when times are good.

FUTURE KITCHENS:

WHAT THE TRENDS SAY

Current preferences around eating, cooking and lifestyle anticipate a

shift toward faster, urban lifestyles, designed more for socializing

than cooking. Forget what you see on television or on cooking shows—

future householders will cook less, order prepackaged food online

and treat the kitchen more as a sanctuary than a meal factory.

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