1. Medical study finds that following the US bombardment of Fallujah in 2004, infant mortality, cancer and leukaemia in the Iraqi city exceed those reported by survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
2. Paul Krugman on the incipient efforts to revise the last Bush presidency's historical record.
3. While some are celebrating Israel's concessions to 'ease' its blockade of Gaza, I can't help but think it long overdue when looking at the (partial) list of items prohibited from entering the territory.
4. A study here in New York finds that calorie posting has not had an impact on people's eating habits.
5. Puzzled? A compelling explanation from two behavioral economists.
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The labeling of calories is an interesting thing. If people do not respond to labeling by making better choices, the problem can't be simply lack of important information. I wonder if calorie counting is a more complicated luxury that exists further up Maslow's hierarchy of needs than we suspect. The importance of diet and healthy food is amplified by today's health care crisis and the percentage of diet-related chronic illness. It is worth finding the missing ingredient that catalyzes the required change in behavior. Certainly the cost of crappy processed food has been shown to be cheaper than fresh real food, but I wonder if the two were somehow equalized, if that would even make the difference.
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