Stop Me Before I Eat Again

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What could be more disturbing than having a Hall of Fame wide receiver from the Iron City (the name of a legendarily cheap and probably carb-heavy beer—coincidence?!?!?) as a spokesman for healthy dining? How about Health and Human Services dietary guidelines that assume people can chew without drooling down their shirtfronts? That's the complaint of the suspiciously named Marion Nestle, a "food policy expert" at New York University:

"The real problem is that they totally focus on personal responsibility and don't say anything about how you change the environment to make it easier to do this—there's nothing on food marketing, TV ads, or after-school activities and safe places for kids to play," Nestle added.

Whole, great-tasting article, complete with the new HHS guidelines (Food Pyramid, we hardly knew ye!) here.