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If I Already Ate It Once, Do The Calories Still Count?

Posted by Kat on January 16th, 2008

So the American Food and Drug Administration has ruled that cloned meat is safe to eat. And while, somehow, I get how there might be no difference between a real cow and its cloned counterpart (duh, they’re the same thing), I’m still not entirely sure I want to add someone’s super-science project to the […]

Oklahoma City Mayor Puts City on a Diet

Posted by Kat on January 4th, 2008

Tackling another kind of urban sprawl, mayor Mick Cornett makes an important point about how our urban infrastructure (or lack thereof) can affect our waistlines.  I was my healthiest when I was living in a (French) city with abundant bike lanes and an easily-walkable city center.
Cornett wants to make exercise more attractive to residents by […]