Rising affluence in India and China has increased demand.
Worldwide, 194 million people have diabetes, which seems to accompany rising affluence.
How do Americans square their rising affluence with poverty elsewhere in the world?
But this rising affluence threatens the stands' much-loved status as bastions of unpretentious, affordable food.
Economic growth, urbanization, and rising affluence are having a profound impact on the health of Latin Americans.
But a large black economy is bad for a country, and normally it fades away with rising affluence.
Much of the growth will come from emerging markets, where rising affluence and relatively rapid expansion will bolster demand.
At the same time, rising affluence has caused the number of cars — and traffic jams — to soar.
Rising affluence has made about 60 million Chinese, a number equal to the population of France, obese, state media reported.
Population growth, rising affluence and factory farming have helped to quadruple global meat consumption since 1961, with the average Briton now consuming 125kg of meat a year.
In contrast, the recession has hurt global sales of cheese, a relatively pricey food that is a marker for rising affluence.
