Are you suffering from vegetable anxiety?

你是否正遭受蔬菜焦虑的困扰?

Round Table China

2026-06-02

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Vegetable anxiety is trending. Young diners feel "anxious" if there isn't enough produce on the plate. That's a strange twist, because getting anyone to eat their leafy greens used to be the hard part. Somewhere along the way, the script flipped. So what changed? And what happens when a generation can no longer trust a meal that's missing the greens? / Heart to Heart - please send your audio questions to roundtablepodcast@qq.com (13:22). On the show: Steve, Fei Fei & Yushun
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  • Coming up, meat used to be the star of every meal.

  • Now, though, young Chinese diners are panicking over produce,

  • which is strange because for decades, the hard part was getting anyone to eat their leafy greens.

  • Somewhere along the way, though, things changed and vegetable anxiety is now trending.

  • After that, an episode of Heart to Heart.

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  • There was a time when getting extra meat in your takeout felt like a bonus.

  • Well, that might not be the whole case anymore.

  • In China's changing food landscape, a new trend called vegetable anxiety is buzzing

  • online as young people are constantly wondering: Did the meal include vegetables?