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"To get rich, never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth."

-Richard Baker, American Congressman

Monday, June 05, 2006

Informing the Consumer

The FDA has begun an effort to persuade restaurants to voluntarily provide nutritional information to customers. Americans now consume, on average, a third of their calories in restaurants. Given rising obesity rates, this is an important step.

Andrew von Eschenbach, MD, acting commissioner of the FDA, has decided that the basis "“may not be legal authority, but moral authority...."

Read the article on WebMD .

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