The chef has kids complaining to their parents the food they get in school is better than what they get at home. He's turned this group of kids into curious, adventurous eaters.

One can only be in awe of the creativity of chocolate marketers. My take is that if there is a health benefit, it is small.

Once the Government Accountability Office did a review of food safety systems in other countries and found many things about those food safety systems that were better than ours [American].

The real reason for health claims is well established: health claims sell food products.

The key dietary messages are stunningly simple: Eat less, move more, eat more fruits and vegetables, and don't eat too much junk food. It's no more complicated than that.

These days the biggest issue is how many calories you consume. So all of this stuff distracts people from thinking about calories.

Eat less, move more, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, go easy on junk foods.