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World Leaders Eat Like Kids; Weather Endangering Mexican Mangoes

• The men in charge of running the world eat like children, favoring burgers, chocolate, sausage pasta, and ice cream. This probably indicates something profound, but we’re not sure what. [Eatocracy/CNN]

• The good news? Consumer spending is up. The bad news? It’s because we’re spending so much more on food and fuel. [USA Today]

• All the funny commercials in the world don’t seem to be helping Jack in the Box get out of its sluggish sales slump. [LAT]

• In the case of the disappearing Mexican mango, weather is to blame. [Global Post]

• With your diet increasingly being viewed as a political and personal statement, it’s no surprise that liberals and conservatives tend to have different eating habits. But whatever happened to those “crunchy conservatives“? [Mashable]

• The “Ick!” heard round the world: Some students in D.C. were served raw scallions for a snack. [Washington Examiner]

• This is why you’re fat: It’s not your diet (though that probably needs help), but rather your sedentary office job. [NYDN]

World Leaders Eat Like Kids; Weather Endangering Mexican Mangoes