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A couple eat ice-creams in the sunshine at South Beach, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Britain

The way we taste food changes as we age

QUARTZY THE NEWSLETTER

Forget effortless entertaining. Embrace the ambitious dinner party

A Chinese man and a woman eat hamburger during a Burger King contest in XiAn, northwest Chinas Shaanxi province, January 22, 2007. Obesity levels in China are rising fast, with more than a quarter of the adult population overweight or obese, as people add more meat and dairy products to their diet, causing serious health problems, a new study says. Chinese people now derive a far larger proportion of energy from fat and animal-based foods, such as meat and eggs, compared with in the past, the study found. The change in diets and lifestyles, where Chinese less frequently have to engage in physical activity at work, is consequently leading to a rise in cancer and coronary heart disease. According to the study, the classical Chinese diet -- rich in vegetables and carbohydrates with minimal animal-sourced food -- no longer exists.(Imaginechina via AP Images

HIGH-PRICED HEARTS

China is staring down a very expensive heart disease problem

One-year-old Rachel Ho is feed Gerber baby food in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday, April 12, 2007.

The fall of the baby food market, in three charts

A woman buys vegetables at a market stall in Mexico City

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Is a vegetarian diet healthier? Five experts weigh in

MICROBIOME MAGIC

New science shows managing blood sugar isn’t about counting calories or carbs

An elephant with its tusks.

The human appetite for meat is driving Earth’s largest animals to extinction

SHELTER IN PLACE

How to stock your pantry for snow day comfort food

Ancient Canadian quinoa suggests food globalized earlier than we thought

Most middle-class Indians believe dieting is pointless