You wouldn't think that my native New York City would be at the forefront of healthy eating legislation, more like my adopted recent Southern California home, but after passing legislation giving restaurants a certain period of time in which to eliminate trans fats from the food they serve, they're back again with a proposal before the New York City Board of Health to require fast food chains to post calorie content on their menus in plain sight.

So what's with all the celebrity announcements to the media about possible weight gains? 

Yesterday, Eva Longoria felt compelled to tell us that she had gained weight due to not working from "the writer's strike".  Recently, Rene Zellweger did the same thing, explaining that she was gaining weight for a new Bridget Jones movie.