Are big cars still kings of the road?
The New York Auto Show is up and running this week, and despite concerns about gas prices and global warming, automakers are showing off some of their newest high-powered gas guzzlers. An auto industry experts talks about some of the mixed messages being sent by the auto industry and the American public.9:06 a.m.Joe White: Detroit bureau chief and author of the "Eyes on the Road" column for the Wall Street Journal.
The fact and fiction of obesity
A national PBS documentary examines scientific and societal myths regarding obesity.10:06 a.m.Naomi Boak: Executive producer of "FAT: What No One Is Telling You." She is also Senior Executive Producer in the National Production Division at Twin Cities Public Television, and was executive producer of Emmy Award-winning "The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's" (2004).
Lee Kaplan, MD: Director of the Weight Center and Director of the Obesity Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also a gastroenterologist and molecular biologist and Associate Chief for Research of the MGH Gastrointestinal Unit.
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