"It's already 2:00 PM, and I'm starving! I need to grab something, fast...a quick stop at the drive through can't be all that bad, can it?  I do love a nice burger. Hmmm. I wonder if it's worth the splurge?"

31.7%  No. I wouldn’t mention it, weight is someone’s personal responsibility.

28.7%  Yes. I’d tell them if their health depended on it.

17.8%  I’m not sure. Weight is such a sensitive issue.

16.8%   No, I wouldn’t mention it specifically, but I try to give some hints.

5%  Yes. I’d tell them if it were impacting our relationship in some way.

Number of Voters: 101

The public relations department at Kraft sent me some samples of South Beach Diet 100-calorie cracker packs. The crackers were good, but the concept of 100-calorie snack-packs wasn’t new. Still, as I nibbled I got to thinking again about portion control. I still can’t believe how little you get for 100 calories. There hasn’t been one occasion when I saw a prepackaged snack and thought, “Wow, look at all that.” The last time I was wowed was when I did a column on fruit and found out that peaches were only 60 or so calories each. [To read the rest of this column click below on "Read More"]

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