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Food Network's Paula Deen at Myrtle Beach festival (WIS-TV Columbia)
Renowned chef Paula Deen is among the main attractions at a weekend food and wine festival in Myrtle Beach.

Heading to the mall? Follow these tips for healthy eating at the food court (ABC 33/40)
If you're watching your weight , malls can be a nutritional minefield. How do you cope at the food court when face to face with the likes of large doughy pretzels, oversize smoothies, sugary sticky buns, fast food, donuts, and oversize cookies - all in one place? Since avoiding the mall may not be an option, it's important to find ways to pick and ...

Does sleep loss up weight by lowering energy use? (Manila Bulletin)
Sleep deprivation makes the day drag and appears to put a drag on metabolism, causing the body to use less energy, European researchers found in a small study.

Cameras in Texas schools to keep eyes on fries (Philadelphia's WB 17)
The next time children in some elementary schools in Texas try to sneak extra french fries onto their tray in the cafeteria line, the eye in the sky will be watching them.

Radiation found in seaweed near crippled Japan plant
Radiation found in seaweed near crippled Japan plant (Portland's CW32 KRCW-TV)
Seaweed collected from the coast near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant and sewage in Tokyo have shown elevated levels of radiation, according to data released by an environmental group and government officials on Friday.

Cafeteria Cams Measure Kids' Calories (WMUR-TV Manchester)
Kids often toss the apple from their lunch trays and dive straight into the cookies.

Md. Growers Enjoy Bumper Year for Strawberries (WBOC-TV Salisbury)
They're sweet, succulent and ripe for the picking. It's the height of an especially good strawberry season on the Lower Shore in which the right combination of rain and temperatures has led to bumper crops for local growers.

U.S. pushes school cafeterias toward healthier offerings
U.S. pushes school cafeterias toward healthier offerings (NBC26)
School lunches have long served as the punch line of jokes, prompting chuckles about "mystery meat" and angry lunch ladies.

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