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Saturday, April 8, 2006 12:00 AM

We are what we eat

"The Omnivore's Dilemma" author Michael Pollan on how Wall Street has driven America's obesity epidemic, the misleading labels in Whole Foods, and why we should spend more money on food.
By Ira Boudway

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  • Saturday, April 8, 2006 05:41 AM

    Grocery Budget

    Americans spend less, as a percentage of their incomes, for many categories of expenses (groceries, paper products, internet service) than do those from countries with less per capita income. One has to be cautious in drawing conclusions from that type of data.

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