<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>The Scientific Case for Regulating Junk Food Like a Drug : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>61350</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61350/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The Scientific Case for Regulating Junk Food Like a Drug]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another argument has joined the mix as well: Junk food, like cigarettes, is addictive and should be similarly regulated. Initially, this was just a metaphor. Now it's becoming more than that. Scientists are trying to show that food literally addicts you like drugs.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>31</score><crdate>5/10/2008 6:02:23 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-10T18:02:23+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>17090</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17090/1/</url><title><![CDATA[FDA Says Pet Food Contamination Was Intentional]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not sure if this has already been posted on Plime. I searched and didn't see it, so I thought it should go up ASAP for all of you out there still wondering what is going on with the pet food epidemic.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>5</score><crdate>4/19/2007 11:17:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-19T23:17:04+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>22160</id><url>http://www.plime.com/animals/l/22160/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Dog Food Companies Running Scared]]></title><description><![CDATA[A dog food company was found harassing dog owners whose dogs had died from contaminated dog food.  The only safe alternative to commercial dog food is to make homemade dog food.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>9</score><crdate>5/30/2007 8:33:23 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-30T20:33:23+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>27513</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/27513/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Angel Food Ministries - Low cost food for anyone]]></title><description><![CDATA[Angel Food Ministries has distributed low cost food to people for the last 11 years.  There is no income requirements, or actually ANY requirements at all!  If you eat, you can participate.  Distribution in 32 states makes it easy to get to as well for a lot of people.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>103</score><crdate>7/15/2007 5:03:15 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-15T17:03:15+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>18375</id><url>http://www.plime.com/food-and-drink/l/18375/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Junk food ban recommended for schools ]]></title><description><![CDATA[An expert panel has said that schools must ban junk foods like sugary drinks, cakes and chips in order to tackle childhood obesity effectively. The Institute of Medicine report was compiled following a request by the Congress.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>36</score><crdate>4/29/2007 4:21:04 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-29T04:21:04+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>20258</id><url>http://www.plime.com/business/l/20258/1/</url><title><![CDATA[UK Restaurant Guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Find your favourite food online with 123-yum.co.uk]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>-8</score><crdate>5/14/2007 7:00:48 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-14T07:00:48+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>17383</id><url>http://www.plime.com/photography/l/17383/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Fast Food Pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[They buy food from a fast food restaurant and photograph it. Then they compare that photograph with the photograph from the ad. Pretty intresting stuff.]]></description><comments>16</comments><score>192</score><crdate>4/21/2007 9:03:07 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-21T21:03:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>11776</id><url>http://www.plime.com/health/l/11776/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Obese child can stay with mother]]></title><description><![CDATA[British social workers have decided to allow an 8-year-old boy who weighs almost 200 pounds (91 kilograms) to remain at home with his mother, who has refused to stop feeding him junk food...]]></description><comments>11</comments><score>37</score><crdate>2/27/2007 5:47:59 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-02-27T17:47:59+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>7562</id><url>http://www.plime.com/movies/l/7562/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Fast Food Nation]]></title><description><![CDATA[A movie that examines the health risks involved in the fast food industry and its environmental and social consequences as well.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>40</score><crdate>12/13/2006 1:34:56 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-13T13:34:56+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>53400</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/53400/1/</url><title><![CDATA[UN Warns On Food Price Inflation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The head of the UN World Food Programme has warned that the rise in basic food costs could continue until 2010. 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Here is a list of 29 common side effects caused by the food we eat.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>223</score><crdate>5/14/2008 10:24:46 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-14T10:24:46+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>40476</id><url>http://www.plime.com/food-and-drink/l/40476/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Gorgeous food porn from Alinea in Chicago]]></title><description><![CDATA[Molecular Gastronomy is all the rage nowadays. Alinea is one of the cutting edge restaurants in the U.S. creating wonderful dishes, letting us experience food in many new ways.<br/><br/>Check out Molecular Gastronomy Food Porn Part 2:<br/><div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/40612/1/" rel="nofollow">http://www.plime.com/l/40612/1/</a></div>]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>128</score><crdate>11/2/2007 11:56:43 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-11-02T23:56:43+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>18366</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18366/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Camping Food Safety - don't let food poisoning ruin your whole camping trip]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cooking in the wild is fun.  Getting sick from food poisoning isn't.  Great practical advice on food safety while camping.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>10</score><crdate>4/29/2007 1:36:36 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-29T01:36:36+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>114</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/114/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Junk food diet at 112]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who says junk food's bad for you? It didn't affect George Johnson's longevity; at 112 years old, he's considered California&#8217;s oldest living person and the state&#8217;s last surviving World War I veteran.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>-1</score><crdate>9/5/2006 3:21:12 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-09-05T15:21:12+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1976</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/1976/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Food may be like a drug for the obese]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mmmmmm, donuts.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>10</score><crdate>10/3/2006 4:05:51 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-03T16:05:51+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>37751</id><url>http://www.plime.com/doityourself/l/37751/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Indian man makes Robo-servant from junk]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Indian inventor has found a novel way of helping the poor - by turning old junk into a reliable piece of machinery that can walk and talk. 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Well documented book of philosophy that points to psycho-active plants for bringing about self awareness during evolutionn.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>81</score><crdate>8/1/2007 6:16:48 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-01T18:16:48+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>40967</id><url>http://www.plime.com/photography/l/40967/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Mini people on big food]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cool site with pictures of little models and big food in situations, tis funky<br/><br/>Site may be hard to navigate if you dont like flash sites]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>15</score><crdate>11/7/2007 5:25:20 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-11-07T17:25:20+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>11568</id><url>http://www.plime.com/food-and-drink/l/11568/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Organic Food vs. Genetic Engineering]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's always helpful to step back and take a look at things from an objective perspective, especially when we are personally involved.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>-6</score><crdate>2/25/2007 5:31:34 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-02-25T05:31:34+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>29626</id><url>http://www.plime.com/food-and-drink/l/29626/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Japanese worm burger a fast food flop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nourishing, perhaps; nauseating, definitely!]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>58</score><crdate>7/30/2007 10:59:34 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-30T22:59:34+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>2583</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/2583/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Pictures and reviews of airline food!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some of these meals are pretty frightening. 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