Cluster analysis of what the world eats  March 9, 2010   Keeping
with the theme of the post below, I used a clustering algorithm
to group the different countries according to what they eat. I
simply played around with the number of clusters until I got
something I thought resembled reality, so don't interpret this
as an in-depth analysis.   • Group 1: Lot's of coffee and offal.
They don't like fish and fruits, but eat their veggies. Similar
to Group 2.   • Group 2: Lot's of calories per day, all kinds of
meat, alcohol, milk, butter, potatoes and sugar. Vegetable oils
are used for cooking. No beans here.   • Group 3: Fish and rice
(which coincidentally is what I had for dinner yesterday). They
use coconut oil and don't like milk or cheese.   • Group 4: They
like bovine meat, fruits and sugar. They also use palm oil, and
don't like veggies.   • Group 5: Not many calories per day, lots
of starchy roots, beans and pulses.   • Group 6: Lot's of carbs
(wheat and cereals). They eat their veggies and use olive oil an