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Kate Moss’ Skinny Speech Draws Fire; Movie Popcorn Packs In Calories

• Quarantines are in effect in San Diego after the discovery of citrus tree-infecting psyllid insects and Mediterranean fruit flies. [AP/Google]

• Kate Moss is drawing criticism after telling WWD that “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” [Philadelphia Daily News]

• The Center for Science in the Public Interest has found that a medium popcorn and soda at some movie theater chains has as many calories as three burgers from McDonald’s. [Reuters]

• New data suggests that 43 percent of Americans will be obese by 2018. [NYDN]

• A recall has been issued for certain varieties of “Brooklyn’s Best Brand,” smoked salmon after some of the fish was found to be contaminated with listeria. [UPI]

• Soldiers in the Moldovan army are eating extra onions and garlic to ward off swine flu. [NYT]

• “Performance dining”, fixed price dinners accompanied by acts like sword swallowing and burlesque, is on the rise in Europe. [WSJ]

• A planned highway could threaten the Mosel, Germany’s oldest wine-growing region. [WSJ]

Kate Moss’ Skinny Speech Draws Fire; Movie Popcorn Packs In Calories