High rates of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease: the legacy, some experts say, of sugar, a crop that ... metabolic syndrome set by the National Institutes of Health.

Sugar is especially challenging ... it has now become a route to extravagant adventure. This is the second National Geographic magazine assignment for photographer Brian Finke.

This interactive was built in conjunction with National Geographic’s Future of Food series. The data was sourced from FAOSTAT. Values reflect domestic utilization for food consumption in each ...