A conversation with Charles Platkin at 12:30 p.m. on The Wisdom of 90 Years: Dr. Marion Nestle on Food and Living Your Best Life. Registration is here.

Mark Schrimsher writes to tell me that his CalorieLab site has just posted a U.S. map indicating the states with the highest levels of obesity. The site has a calorie counter for a huge number of items and meals, and does things like adding up the calories expected to be consumed in the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest–19,600. Did this happen?