An amusing lead:
The number of overweight Americans is holding steady as U.S. consumers are becoming more aware of what they eat, an annual report by market research firm The NPD Group said.
The percent of overweight Americans reached 62 percent for the second year in a row, the report said. The rate had increased every year between 1995 and 2002.
So in prior years Americans didn’t know what they were eating?
At any rate, it aways puzzles me how little issues like this–which affect most Americans–are addressed by the national news media. Meanwhile, celebrity justice and the shadowy “war on terror” continue to dominate the headlines.