Morning reading: In food news

• I thought I was tired of reading about obesity in the U.S., but found this article by Harley Pasternak interesting: America Wasn’t Born Fat [The Huffington Post]

• An interesting post called, “Why Michelle Obama’s Initiative to Reduce Childhood Obesity Will Fail” [Fooducate] The reason? “It is far more profitable for America to ‘fix’ obesity related ailments than to prevent them.”

• From a series on weight management [Decision News Media/NutraIngredients]: Backing up the satiety and metabolic claims &  Slimming ingredients beyond satiety

• One of the reasons that I like my green tea: Tea compounds may boost attention span [Decision News Media/NutraIngredients]

• Who doesn’t like a flow chart? You Dropped Food on the Floor. Do You Eat It? [SF Weekly]

• On Sunday January 31, it’s Canadian Chef Michael Smith vs. Bobby Flay on Iron Chef America. Too bad I don’t have cable. [CNW/ Canwest Broadcasting press release]

• Tailor your miracle food to that miserable mood [National Post]

• New farmers’ market launches at CBC [Toronto Star]

• Tim Horton’s is introducing its own version of McDonald’s Egg McMuffin. [Financial Post]

• Last week during a visit to Starbucks with a colleague I was shocked to find packaged snacks (Lucy’s) that are both vegan and gluten free, as well as Sahale Snacks. I wondered if it was just that particular store. According to this article, it’s company-wide. [Ecorazzi]

• I often enjoy posts from The Food Lab series. The latest? How To Make The Best Chili Ever [Serious Eats]

• Volume 8 of Spezzatino is out, and the focus is coffee. Now that’s something to wake up to. [Spezzatino] (Related post: Spreading the Spezzatino word)

Yoga update coming later today.