Clients try and one up each other on the variety and quantity of food, too.

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When they do, they increase the quality and quantity of food that they consume.

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The destination and the quantity of food has to be cleared with both sides.

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What requires higher-order thinking is the task of dietary budgeting--monitoring both the quality and quantity of food to ensure that one gets the necessary nourishment without overeating.

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So your oven might send an applet to the dishwasher that would inform it about the quantity of food cooked at what temperature, to better enable the dishwasher to clean the pans.

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The use of gape-area to help assess how much food to bring means that the quantity automatically increases as the chicks grow, without them having to cheep more in order to get extra food.

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"These defendants cared less about the quality of the food they were providing to the American people and more about the quantity of money they were gathering while disregarding food safety, " said Michael Moore, the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.

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Over the past 25 years, the World Food Prize has grown to become the foremost international award for individuals who have made exceptional breakthrough achievements in increasing the quality, quantity and availability of food in the world, thus reducing hunger.

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The quantity and quality of the food we eat, although significant, is not the core issue.

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If food is a factor in rising obesity levels, this is due to the quantity being eaten, and the way it is consumed, rather than the way it is produced.

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