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The Growing Popularity of Plant-Based Diets: A Numerical Analysis
How dietary shifts toward plant-based eating are surveyed, why labels like vegetarian or flexitarian mean different things, and what the numbers can show.
Culture and Everyday Life
Food and Diet Trends
Thinking clearly about claims on eating habits, waste and food culture.
Cultural Shifts in Food Preferences: A Statistical Look at Plant-Based Eating
Why taste, price, availability and culture often shape what people eat more than stated beliefs do, and how to read food preference data with care.
Cultural Trends in Food Culture: A Statistical Look at Food Waste
How food waste is defined and counted in homes, shops and supply chains, and why published estimates often differ from one another.
Cultural Trends in Food Culture: A Statistical Look at Foodie Culture
How food photography, restaurants and status shape the foodie label, and how researchers observe a culture built on taste, sharing and social display.
Meal Kits and Food Delivery Trends
How changes in ordering food at home are tracked through app, payment and survey data, and what those records tend to leave out about meal kits and delivery.
Superfoods and How Food Fads Form
How a single food acquires a health halo through media coverage and marketing rather than settled evidence, and how to read superfood claims with caution.
The Rise of Veganism: A Numerical Analysis of Dietary Trends
How strict veganism differs from reduced meat eating, and how identity, labels and social setting shape what people report in surveys about veganism.
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