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'Weight Counts: Waiter Weight Affects Food Choices in Restaurants - See How

In a study called 'The Waiter's Weight: Does a Server's BMI Relate to How Much Food Diners Order?' by researchers Tim Döring and Brian Wansink, which was published in the Environment and Behavior journal, the diner-waiter relationship is explained in-depth. Besides music affecting dining behaviour - e.g. Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift music in the background make certain food taste great while Justin Bieber music and similar tunes lessen the appeal of food - or lighting and the general ambience affecting the enjoyment of a meal, the people involved in the meal apparently also play significant roles.

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'Coca Cola Soon To Run Healthy Carbonated Fruit Drinks Line?

Beverage giant Coca Cola may be looking to expand its line of drinks to include carbonated fruit juice products with 20 percent real juice content by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research unit Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI). The carbonated fruit juice products based on grape, apple and pomegranate developed by CFTRI has a four-month shelf life and is replete with health benefits that have strong potentials in the wellness and healthy options market.
'8 Top Food Franchises in the US

Food chain franchise is often much more for people than a simple food business venture. For some it is a real estate purchase since the presence of food businesses, especially of the big chain type, tend to contribute to real estate value change. McDonald's Fast Food Franchises founder Ray Kroc, for example, once said: "We're not in the hamburger business. We're in show business." In the US, Entrepreneur.com compiled this list of best franchises based on expansion plans, financial stability, and franchise opening cost and summarised in Franchise 500 scores.
'Sugar Smart Smartphone App Receives Support From Weetabix, Tesco, Asda, Aldi, Morrison, Others

The Change4Life initiative's Sugar Smart campaign across England by the Public Health of England in the form of a smartphone app is receiving great support from such super chains as Tesco, Morrisons, Aldi and Asda and from such food manufacturers as Weetabix.
'27 Best-Loved Cheese and Bread Combinations Around The World: Panino, Banerov Hatz, Cuñapé, MORE

Here are some of the most interesting and beloved combinations of bread and cheese from different parts of the world as compiled by Food Republic and reported by The Huffington Post.
'12 Important Consumer Market Trend Changes

Changing consumer demands and needs are continually shaping market trends. Despite traditional defaults, manufacturers and producers understand the need to keep in step no just with what consumers want but also with what they need. Habits and trends that consumers picked up in the past year are now carrying over to 2016 in the shape of market offerings. Here are a few trend changes shared by branding expert and The Brand Incubator founder Claire Nuttall that are likely to become apparent in the coming months.
'4 Easy Aids in Diet Cleansing: Smart Food Group Eliminations is Key

That ultimate change towards better health can begin with a one-month diet cleanse plan put together by Joy Bauer - 'Today Show' nutrition expert and Joy Bauer Nutrition Centers founder. In this plan, the change begins with cutting out foods that fall under four main food categories.
'McDonald's Launches Exciting Store Concept With 'McDonald's Next' in Hong Kong

'McDonald's Next', as the brand new McDonald's store in Hong Kong is called, houses a new concept designed to turn around the fast food chain's tired, old image. The golden arches flies high with happy customers in Hong Kong and elsewhere around the globe applauding McDonald's innovative changes, which include the 'Create Your Taste' salad bar and a new design style replete with glass-cased kitchen counter salad showcase, wireless charging stations on each table and very current interior art.
'Coffee Surplus and Shortages: Global Projections

Production surplus from coffee growers as Brazil, Honduras and Columbia due to good farming and harvest conditions may see coffee prices dropping for a bit of a spell. In other parts of the world, however, premium variety coffee beans are facing a crisis of shortage.
'6 Essential Sugar Facts To Help Counter Addiction

The innocuous white substance that is so commonplace in every dinner table and abundantly present in virtually every meal has a far more devastating effect to the health than most people realise. Excessive consumption of sugar is one of the leading causes of a number of serious health conditions as obesity, Type 2 diabetes and cancers. Here are a few helpful facts on sugar and its consumption.
'5 Dangerous Food Fallacies and Practices

Celebrated author and TV personality Julia Child once joked: "Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?" Kitchen practices in relation to food health and safety, in truth, have been evolving. Microbial activities, including bacterial benefits and detriments, have been undergoing a huge amount of demystification. A number of practices and measures believed to be safe - even healthy - in the past have been proved otherwise. A few of these have been compiled by food microbiologist and Food Safety Information Council vice president Cathy Moir.
'6 Best Superfoods You Need To Get the Most Out of 2016

'Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future' author David Wolfe says: "We are eating too much of the wrong thing, and not enough of the right thing." Fortunately a much greater appreciation for healthy eating and food supplements as superfoods are now being seen among an ever widening audience. Here are a few of these wonders of nature recommended for 2016 as compiled in The Huffington Post.
'Orthorexia Nervosa: Key Aspects of New Eating Disorder

Orthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that begins with good intentions. Many associate its roots to clean eating - a healthy eating trend that originally targets reducing or eliminating toxic, unhealthy food items and practices from day to day meals. Clean eating has aided hugely in addresses rising cases of such health problems as obesity, heart diseases and diabetes. Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, health blogger Jordan Younger and The Huffington Post's Besma Whayeb weigh in on this eating disorder that Dr. Steven Bratman called Orthorexia,
'Sweet Potato Nutritional Beneftis: Find Out Why Catwalk Darling and Lily Aldridge, Kendall Jenner's Go-To Food is Snubbed in America

Victoria's Secret Angel Lily Aldridge once confessed to being addicted to roasted chicken and sweet potatoes. Kendall Jenner, preparing for her first Victoria's Secret Fashion Show said that she dined on 'chicken and sweet potato and egg whites and avocado'. IMG model Danielle Copperman is quoted from her food diary: "If you are home for dinner, make a plain meal of meat or fish, green vegetables and either quinoa, brown rice or sweet potato.
'Starbucks: Beer and Wine in the Menu With 'Starbucks Evening', Stocks Are Up for the Seattle Coffee Giant

Across the US, Starbucks is going in the direction of New York and Chicago 'Buzz bars'.To expand mileage, branches are looking to offer alcohol along with the regular coffee and tea menu, providing a quiet alternative to the typical sports bar scene. This innovation is called Starbucks Evenings and is already available in a few branches.