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In a new study, researchers looked at such foods as ham burgers, burritos, tacos, french fries, sodas, ice cream, pie, cookies and salty snacks and found that the portions got big ger between the 1970s and the 1990s, regardless of whether people ate in or out. It is no surprise it is happen ing at fast-food restaurants; it was McDonald’s that help put the word “supersize” into the American lexicon. But Margo Wootan of the Center for Science in the Public Interest said the practice has caused Americans to suffer por tion distortion at home. “We’re getting so used to these big portion sizes when we eat out that when we go home we forget what a normal portion is,” said Wootan, the center’s nutrition policy director. Portions for all of the popular foods studied, except pizza, increased both inside and out side the home between 1977 and 1996. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was published in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association. “An important point is not just what foods we’re eating, it’s the fact that we’re eating such large portions of these foods,” said researcher Samara Joy Nielsen. The findings come at a time when Americans are getting fat ter. A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found more than 44 million Americans were obese in 2001. Homemade burgers beefed up to 8.4 ounces in 1996 from 5.7 ounces in 1977, while fast- food hamburgers grew to 7.2 ounces from 6.1 ounces during ‘Small, medium, large’ now ‘large, larger, largest’ A new study supports the general consensus that the size of food portions have increased in the United States The study looked at three national surveys conducted between 1977 and 1996 Portion sizes in ounces and where the food was eaten 61 Fast food Bu * III all mm locu SOURCE Journal of th# Amar* i Medical Assocutf* ======== the same period. At restaurants other than fast-food ones, ham burgers declined to 5 ounces in 1996 from 5.3 ounces in 1977, according to the study. The U.S. Department of Agriculture counts two to three ounces of cooked lean meat as a consumed an average of 4$ calories in one sitting compare: with 541 calories in 1996. The US DA suggests betwee: 1.600 and 2.8(H) calories per da; depending on a person’s agi gender and activity level. Steven Anderson, the pres r oini Mich Crc serving. Not surprisingly, the study found more calories went along with the extra food. A person who ate Mexican food in 1977 In his two ; ■&M men’s h Slocum prove* dent and chief executive of the jig threat on t National Restaurant Associaiior R Standing 7 said. “You don’t have to goiniiB-ound 260 po a restaurant and eat even thin; Bom West Mo the restaurant otters. ]| ve | 0 f reborn ‘Roe,’ lawyer no longer on same side of abortion issue B&M to comp dominant as th I Unfortunate Haw uncertain By Lisa Falkenberg THE ASSOCIATED PRESS They were on the same side 30 years ago, fighting for the right of women to get an abortion, but they have sharply con trasting views today. Sarah Weddington is the lawyer who tried the case and became an icon of the women’s rights movement. She is worried that, as the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s deci sion in Roe v. Wade looms on Wednesday, anti-abortion forces are gaining political strength. “It’s melancholy celebra tion,” Weddington says. “1 am more concerned today about the future of Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to choose than ever before.” The “Jane Roe” of that case was Norma McCorvey. and a lot has happened to her since the landmark ruling. She converted to Catholicism and has become an anti-abortion activist. abortion justice. State laws have chipped away at access to abortion, and the Republican takeover of the Senate has raised hopes among those who oppose abortion for more federal judges who oppose the procedure. In the past 30 years, the anti-abortion movement has swelled while the ranks advocating choice grew smaller, got older and settled into complacency. “There was a sense of we had won; we could check that off and go onto other issues,” Weddington said. “It’s a lot easier to get people excited and motivated and fully involved in trying to change something ... than it is to keep things the way they have been for the last 30 years.” Diana Philip, execu tive director of Jaftd’s Dtie 1 * ‘ProteLVs! an Austin-based group) that helps minors apply Tex It was really hard to look down at her and say Vtn sorry, ifs already over.. TH — Norma McCorvey 'Roe' in the landmark Roe v. Wade tfiMijiYiri bnr. ? , t- ‘6 iruf)*- “I have a great deal of hope that it will be overturned,” says McCorvey, sitting in her Dallas living room, which is papered with images of Jesus, anti-abortion posters, books and bumper stickers. The two women who made history together no longer talk. McCorvey said she is praying for the woman she once idolized. Weddington said McCorvey’s change of heart has no bearing on the case. But during a recent interview, she expressed curiosity about her former client. “What’s Jane Roe saying these days?” she asked. The balance on the Supreme Court would tilt if President Bush could replace one abortion rights justice with an anti- for judicial waivers under Texas’ parental consent law, said most of the teens who call the group’s hotline don’t know about Roe v. Wade. “There is a population of women who don’t understand that the rights could be taken away and don’t feel a need to put their energy into defending that right,” she said. Weddington herself yearns to move on. After Roe, she became a state lawmaker, then a general counsel for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, an assistant to President Jimmy Carter, an author. Now living in Austin, she is a cancer survivor involved in cancer research. She still gives speeches about abortion but wants to focus on writing about women in ek will be avai leadership roles. ■■)02-2003 has McCorvey, a former drug addict and B a i] e g ec | 0 ff_ disavowed lesbian, had originally saidsh: hU arrest this needed an abortion because she had bee*K Even more raped but later said she lied. She put he i.,] ( j. inritic ( j ( child up) for adoption and years later found 51 < ' UH 1‘ . .... , r Bho frequent!' The nightmares she suffered after the i. , 7 c £ . 1 1 .u • .u Wu hard work Supreme Court ruling and the images in; still haunt her from abortion clinics where she used to work keep her convinced of ik anti-abortion philosophy. McCorvey said she remembered patient being wheeled to the recover room who suddenly changed her mind about ending her pregnancy. “It was really hard to look down at her and say I’m sorry, it's already over. L jp g ^ ^ McCorvey said. . Lead of ,he" She mves speeches about her experi , . , , . V , „ • C efc might be ^xas Tech. Knight, meai abortion. She lias forgiven herself for or kails, and pi being Roe. but each anniversary ofs L Fgrew up case is a reminder of her decision she detests. McCorvey applauds what she sees ad great strides by anti-abortion advocatestol weaken legal abortion, including laws ini many states requiring 24-hour waiting periods for abortions and laws requiring £ minors to notify or obtain the consent ofa parent or guardian before getting abor tions. Weddington sees those measures astlit erosion of what many women consider their birthright. “The public is going to be seeing loli of different laws, regulations, things strikr ing at the access to abortion, the legalityol abortion, happening soon,” she predictedl “I think if there's enough of an Americaij public outcry about this, we can save; least some of it.” ences and heads her own small mimstnl called “Roe No More,” which tries todis suade pregnant women from considering| ary involvement ini I Nt was aim* THE SUSAN M. ARSEVEN 7S WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CONFERENCE 11TH ANNUAL CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE ICCESS HPn n 1 tn01™’f” v i—’ 1 U b U LLilbb Posted by . WISE FEBRUARY 15, S0D3 226 Memoriol Sfudenl Cenfer Texas A&M Universify * College Station/ TX Nancy Magnussen, Ph. D. 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