Brazilian here. Now and then we read these foreign articles with impressions about Brazil and feel a bit puzzled as to where and how they derive such conclusion

Brazilian here. Now and then we read these foreign articles with impressions about Brazil and feel a bit puzzled as to where and how they derive such conclusions from. > But in recent decades, the traditional Brazilian diet has begun to change and fracture across class What? The increase in fast-food consumption may have resulted from the increase of fast-food availability, but, in terms of habits and culture, it's quite the opposite: people are getting more and more aware of the importance of good nutrition for a healthy life. Legislation is going towards the same direction, restricting the offering of unhealthy foods at schools and mandating food industry to print standardized warnings on ultra-processed foods' packages, making it clear what sorts of potentially dangerous ingredients they contain. Even crap-food chains like McDonalds have painted some of their stores in green and started to advertise some healthier options more ostensibly, just to make sure they don't miss any developing trend. Other than that, regarding Outback's success, there's no big deal here. The pork ribs and the onion are good. Service is usually very good too, with polite employees and short waiting times. Some stores have longer queues, but that depends a lot on what time you go -- and some people even like to wait in lines, it's an opportunity to build up the hunger and chat with friends and family. It's expensive, but similar dishes are getting increasingly available in other, smaller restaurants, especially after some of the Outback recipes were leaked online 10 years ago. And I'm not even sure what does it mean to be "the most popular chain" considering that there's a huge number of smaller restaurants which are extremely popular in their respective regions. In summary, no big deal, the article even feels a like bit like advertising.