For families, eating right has become a monumental challenge. Cultural messages
convince us that we no longer have time to cook, and food marketers spend
billions persuading us that packaged, processed food is convenient, satisfying .
. . and the key to happiness. Half of all our meals are now eaten outside the
home. The result? Skyrocketing rates of heart disease and diabetes and
unprecedented levels of childhood obesity. This crisis is movingly portrayed in
author and activist Laurie David's new documentary (coexecutive produced with
Katie Couric), "Fed Up "
Luckily, we have a solution: Studies have clearly shown that eating home-cooked
meals reduces obesity and develops lifelong