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11/30/09

“Viewpoints” | Of Carrot Cake and Oreos

Dr. David Kessler, as you've probably heard, is out with a terrific best-seller called The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. The cover grabs your attention: very pure white glossy background with a carrot cake and carrots. I don't like carrot cake. But as I told Dr. Kessler, if the cover picture were an Oreo, I wouldn't be able to have his book in my house. I got to know Kessler while I was covering tobacco back in the late 1990s, but hadn't seen him in quite a few ...
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