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CAROLINA IN THE NEWS
Do We Need to Know What’s in Junk Food? (Blog)The New York Times
In the continuing effort to fight obesity in the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration is reviewing its nutrition labeling guidelines. The agency is re-evaluating serving sizes and considering the placement of calorie and nutrition labels on the front of food packages, from cereals to soups to candy. ...Barry M. Popkin, an economist and nutrition epidemiologist, directs the Interdisciplinary Center for Obesity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is author of the “The World Is Fat: The Fads, Trends, Policies and Products That Are Fattening the Human Race.”

