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'Biggest Loser' traps one team with junk food treats, video games

Pizza, candy, ice cream, soda -- those aren't the usual items on "The Biggest Loser" menu. But as week three of the competition kicked off, the fat-filled, sugary treats played a major role in the game and served as a symbol of what the season is really all about -- the battle a … Full story

American chef's independent spirit fires Southern cuisine

NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Fire in my Belly" is an apt title for the debut cookbook of U.S. chef and restaurateur Kevin Gillespie, who turned down a scholarship to the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology because a career in science just didn't feel right. Full story

Nanny State in the Making?

   A new study shows that curbing sales of junk food and sugary drinks at schools may help slow the spread of childhood obesity. Will this study boost efforts by cities across the U.S. to restrict super-sized beverages? Justin Wilson, Center for Consumer ...

Study: Taxpayers helping to fund junk food

   A study from a California-based consumer group  finds the majority of federal farm subsidies are being funneled toward crops used primarily to make junk food. KNBC's Lolita Lopez reports.

He’s ‘lighter,’ ‘happier’ after losing 158 pounds

   Meet Chase Petit, the newest member of the Joy Fit Club, who overcame binge-eating junk food to shed 158 pounds.

Junk foods still plentiful at elementary schools

Junk food remains plentiful at the nation's elementary schools despite widespread efforts to curb childhood obesity, a new study suggests. Full story

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