In the US, the fast food industry is under an unprecedented amount of pressure from fast casual chains and increasingly health-conscious consumption. How has Burger King’s Mac n’ Cheetos – a Frankenfood snack of fried cheese sticks dusted in Cheetos flavouring – gained success in this tough market?

Australian blogger Belle Gibson was publicly shamed in recent months for false claims that she’d cured herself of cancer through her diet. Though her secret’s out now, she made more than $1 million from her app, causing many to wonder just how qualified wellness bloggers are to tell us how to eat.

The way people lose weight is changing. Out are the cardboard-tasting diet foods, awkward meet-ups and communal weight shaming, in are the whole foods, digital apps and sexy workout gear. But is dieting really dead? And how are consumer attitudes towards wellness changing?

BuzzFeed’s cooking channel Tasty is feeding the internet's appetite for comfort food with its immensely popular recipe videos. It’s attracted nearly 62 million likes on Facebook and gained 14 billion video views in just under a year, but what’s the secret to its success?