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...sheer wackiness, the most intriguing watchdog publication is the Repap Media Guide, a mammoth annual affair that rates publications and journalists as if they were low-fat frozen yogurts. (Repap is the name of the Canadian paper company that underwrites the project.) The guide is compiled by former Wall Street Journal editorial writer Jude Wanniski, who helped convince Ronald Reagan of the merits of supply-side economics and has spent a good deal of time ever since trying to persuade the public that the deficits thus created do not really matter...
...include the total number of calories as well as how many calories are derived from fat. Yet the proposed requirement could end up trading one kind of confusion for another. "We're a little concerned that the consumer won't know how to interpret this number," says Guy Johnson, nutrition director for Grand Metropolitan's food sector. "Let's say you have a product that has 30 calories from fat, which would mean roughly 3 g of fat. That would basically be a pretty low-fat product. However, if people see the 30 and think of it as percent...
...Administration. For instance, the FDA is insisting that manufacturers base their package labels and health claims on realistic-size servings, instead of impossibly small portions. But when it comes to some meat products, the USDA favors a serving size of just 1 oz., which would enable packagers to make low-fat claims. For the unwary shopper, the result could be that a can of USDA-regulated beef soup might falsely appear to have less fat than a can of FDA-regulated vegetable soup...
...Cholesterol Education Program of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The NCEP's medical experts concluded that the best way to avoid heart trouble later in life is to take preventive steps early in childhood. The report urges that all children above age two follow the same low-cholesterol, low-fat diet that is recommended for adults. Fat should make up no more than 30% of daily calories. In American children, like adults, fat now accounts for about 36%. The NCEP also calls for blood cholesterol tests in children whose parents or grandparents have histories of heart disease...
...purchase any lettuce you cannot toss from home plate to first base. His satiric quips often surface without warning, and nearly two decades of pun drill have honed this trademark skill, allowing him to punctuate any point with a snappy one-liner: "This country is so urbanized we think low-fat milk comes from cows on aerobic exercise programs." But beneath this talent is an immense desire to succeed. Perhaps O'Rourke's troubled childhood or his mother's death in 1973 helps explain this unfettered ambition, which, along with his right-wing politics, is about the worst trait anyone...