I’m moderating: Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food with author Michelle T. King. Arcchstatus Books is at 164 Huron, Greenpoint. 6:00 p.m. Information is here.
by Marion Nestle
Aug
29
2007
F as in Fat: More Obesity in America
The Robert Wood Johnson report on climbing rates of obesity awards the prize to Mississippi as the first state to reach 30% of the population as overweight. The most distressing finding: rates are rising in one-fourth of the states, with the highest rates in the south. What to do? “Make healthy choices easy choices,” says the report. Good idea: make it easier for everyone to eat less or better and to move more.
And here’s what the New York Times had to say about this.