It doesn't take much in these dark times for folk to find cause to celebrate. Todays 'hell, it could be worse' story is about childhood obesity. Word is that the number of obese US kids has remained constant since 1999.

To quote from the New York Times article:

“It may be that we’ve reached some sort of saturation in terms of the proportion of the population who are genetically susceptible to obesity in this environment,” Dr. Ogden said. “A more optimistic view is that some things are working. We don’t really know.” ... read more »

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Posted on 29 May, 2008 - 06:21

Hot off the presses, the Food and Agricultural Organization and OECD's latest on agricultural food price rises.

In short, beef and pork could be 20 percent higher in nominal terms, wheat could be up to 60 high dearer, and the cost of vegetable oils might rise by 80 percent.

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Posted on 29 May, 2008 - 17:08