11 January 2003 - serving size quiz

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The seemingly-random “serving size” on the labels of packaged food, which controls whether you are eating too much fat or not enough niacin, is determined by:

A. A committee of government scientists who throw darts.
B. A committee of highly-paid marketers who throw darts.
C. An exacting corporate cost-benefit analysis, used as a dartboard.
D. Quantum fluctuations.

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