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Fri 02 Feb 2010Forget pseudoscience, put the Big Mac down
We may all go over the top with food now and again but there is nothing about avoiding obesity that we don’t all know in our hearts
A BUSINESS lunch in Chicago. We’re in a steakhouse and thinking, “When in Rome . . .” The Irish contingent dig in manfully, and woman-fully, to creamed spinach, mounds of chips that appear to be tossed in cheese and truffle oil, and of course the steaks themselves, which stand two inches off the plate. Even the bread rolls are the size of babies’ heads. Our host puts us to shame with his small piece of plain white fish and some string beans.
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