New York Times (June 20)
“Venezuela is convulsing from hunger,” with over 50 food riots in just the last two weeks. The mobs storming supermarkets, restaurants and stores for anything edible are showing that even in the “country with the largest oil reserves in the world, it is possible for people to riot because there is not enough food.”
Tags: Convulsing, Food riots, Hunger, Mobs, Oil reserves, Restaurants, Stores, Supermarkets, Venezuela
LA Times (December 3)
From next week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules will require restaurant chains, movie theaters, supermarkets and other chain outlets to provide calorie counts on their menus. This marks a step forward. “Awareness will almost certainly grow as the calorie listings become ubiquitous. Even better, restaurants appear to respond to such labeling requirements by offering new, lower-calorie options. It took a long time for the era of supersizing to wreak havoc on America’s waistlines; it will take a while for us to educate ourselves to behave differently.”
Tags: Calorie counts, Chains, FDA, Menus, Movie theaters, Restaurants, Supermarkets, Supersizing
