| WASHINGTON (AP) -- Call it the alter-ego of super-sizing. Researchers infiltrated a fast-food Chinese restaurant and found up to a third of diners jumped at the offer of a half-size of the usual heaping pile of rice or noodles -- even when the smaller amount cost the same. (The New York Times News Service) -- If you're reading this at breakfast, it's our pleasure to bring you good tidings of great joy: You may eat cake. (The New York Times News Service) -- Here's the irony: There are almost as many ways to successfully lose weight as there are people who need to do so. MILAN (Canadian Press) -- A former prima ballerina's repeated statements that anorexia is rampant at Milan's famed La Scala theatre have startled the dance corps, which issued a statement Wednesday denying the eating disorder was an issue. CHICAGO (AP) -- Junk food remains plentiful at the nation's elementary schools despite widespread efforts to curb childhood obesity, a new study suggests. ATLANTA (AP) -- Bread and rolls are the No. 1 source of salt in the American diet, accounting for more than twice as much sodium as salty junk food like potato chips. NEW YORK (AP) -- Television already has "The Biggest Loser." Dr. Mehmet Oz is looking for the biggest number of losers. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania health officials say the number of people stricken with illness after consuming raw milk from the same dairy has risen to 35 in four states. INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) -- Michelle Obama says a proposed new supermarket in the middle of a blue-collar Hispanic neighborhood in Southern California is an example of how the effort to bring healthy foods to low-income communities is paying off. ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) -- American schools will serve more of the good stuff -- vegetables, fruits and whole grains -- and less of the not-so-good -- salt, fat and sugar -- under new rules issued Wednesday, the first to significantly revamp the nation's school lunch program in 15 years. (USA TODAY) -- The mantra "Just do it" is not one to live by when trying out health and fitness apps for mobile devices, exercise physiologist Carol Torgan says. NEW YORK (AP) -- A routine news story took a strange turn when an ABC "Nightline" anchor had a full body scan that turned up a possible warning sign. NEW YORK (AP) -- Paula Deen, the Southern belle of butter and heavy cream, makes no apologies for waiting three years to disclose she has diabetes while continuing to dish up deep-fried cheesecake and other high-calorie, high-fat recipes on TV. | News brought to you by: | | | | | | |
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