• New data suggests that 43 percent of Americans will be obese by 2018. [NYDN]
• 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]
• A former owner of The Khyber has been charged by the FBI with planning terrorist attacks abroad. [Inquirer]
• 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]
• The New York Philharmonic will begin hosting post-concert dinners cooked by chefs like Alain Ducasse and Jean-Georges Vongerichten. [Reuters]
