Word: junked
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...only 73? Ray Charles, who died today after years of liver ailments, had a decent run by early rock ?n roll-star standards. He didn?t kill himself with drugs or junk food or (of course) reckless driving. But though he was in his mid-20s when he broke out of the race-music ghetto into the rock mainstream, Charles always seemed older. He came to fame grown-up. The hillbilly contingent of proto-rock - Elvis and Carl Perkins and Gene Vincent and Buddy Holly, all long gone - seemed like slick teenagers busting with musical testosterone. They sang with green...
...discourage consumption of what they see as unhealthy corn products, food activists have proposed a variety of measures, from junk-food taxes to tough labeling laws. Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, says even something as simple as labeling products as healthy or--in the case of highly sweetened carbonated beverages--as unhealthy would help consumers make better food choices...
...government's most salient media campaign to reduce childhood obesity is an initiative called Verb, which encourages kids to be more physically active. Absent from its promotional materials, however, is any mention of the need for children to cut back on junk food. --By Daren Fonda
...team issue, the clothes-shopping issue and, alas, the meanness issue. Being an overweight kid is often painful. Other kids can be cruel; even teachers can be biased. And, let's face it, a blubbery kid is a bad reflection on the parent. It suggests too much junk food in the pantry, too much time in front of the TV and other failures of parental oversight. For a parent who also carries too many pounds, it's one more thing to feel awful about...
...their favorite foods. "I was surprised at how calories can sneak up on you," says Gregg Fields, 44, a college professor in Delray Beach, Fla., who lost 35 lbs. and has kept them off for eight years. Fields quickly determined he needed to get rid of what he calls junk calories. "All fried foods are gone--particularly French fries," he says...