Topic “Calories”

By Kristin Tillotson (Star Tribune (Minneapolis))

In the 1950s, women didn’t need Pilates or yoga to stay fit. They had 25-pound vacuum cleaners.

A recent British study found that back then the average waistline was 28 inches, but today it’s 36, because women had to exert so much more energy around the house than they do now.

No Roomba doing all the work while they sat on the...

By Mary Clare Jalonick (The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON — Like it or not, many restaurant diners will soon know more about what they are eating under menu labeling requirements proposed recently by the Food and Drug Administration.

The requirements will force chain restaurants with 20 or more locations, along with bakeries, grocery stores, convenience stores and coffee chains, to...