First Lady Michelle Obama has been making the talk-show rounds, plugging an exercise program called "Let’s Move." Designed to get America’s young people in motion, it is one of a number of efforts to attack the nation’s obesity epidemic.
Just this month, the federal Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, proposed rules that would require restaurants, fast-food chains, even vending-machine owners, to clearly post the calorie contents of their items on menus and signs.
We can’t yet say this is too little, too late. But we’re pretty sure America is losing the war on fat.
Just a few examples:
This month’s "five-dollar foot-long," or 30-centimeter submarine at a popular sandwich chain, features not only
