New York Times articles appearing lately

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Hi All,

Some of these may have come up on the list before, but I thought that

the below should be

of interest to at aleast some of us.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/04/nyregion/04WEST.html

'Am I Too Fat?'

BY TINA KELLEY

Published: April 4, 2004

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/09/national/09OBES.html

Lawyers Shift Focus From Big Tobacco to Big Food

By KATE ZERNIKE

Published: April 9, 2004

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?

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March 30, 2004, Tuesday

SCIENCE DESK

Wading Through the Diet Craze

March 30, 2004, Tuesday

SCIENCE DESK

Wading Through the Diet Craze

To the Editor:

Re the Personal Health column ''Sane Weight Loss in a Carb-Obsessed

World: High Fiber and Low Fat'' (March 23): Not too long ago, food

manufacturers tried to accommodate America's diet demands by

producing an array of extremely low-fat products. We ate them and as

a result became a heavier nation.

Now we're in the middle of another diet craze, and manufacturers are

plying us with low-carb foods.

I say beware. Weight management is about calories, not carbs, and

health has always been about choosing a variety of foods in moderate

amounts with an emphasis on fresh vegetables.

It's a sensible, tried-and-true diet: Everything in moderation.

CATHY NONAS

New York

The writer is director of obesity and diabetes programs at North

General Hospital.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?

res=F20910FF3F540C778EDDAA0894DC404482

EDITORIAL DESK | March 24, 2004, Wednesday

The Path to a Healthier America

(NYT) 281 words

Late Edition - Final , Section A , Page 20 , Column 1

ABSTRACT - Editorial says transportation bill now before House of

Representatives seems to do everything it can to make sure that

Americans continue sitting in their cars for as much time as possible

instead of doing something that might address concerns about rising

obesity; notes that some 80 percent of six-year $300 billion bill

would go to road-building projects, with rest financing mass transit

and less than 1 percent allotted for pedestrian and bicycle paths

Cheers, Al Pater.