These include ensuring "foods produced or sold in the UK are safe to eat" and "that consumers have the information and understanding they need to make informed choices about where and what they eat".

BBC: What is the Food Standards Agency?

Some moves by food companies anticipate new laws that would give consumers more information about what they eat.

ECONOMIST: Convenience food

As the food writer Jane Black has observed, studies show that Americans do not lack information and opportunity to eat more sensibly - they just prefer the taste and convenience of junk food.

BBC: Viewpoint: Childhood obesity and passive parenting

Note: Reading this article does not give you the information you need to really eat fire, fire walk or even turn into a skid.

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The National Childbirth Trust recently published a book with information on what and how women should eat during pregnancy.

BBC: NEWS | Health | Pregnant women weight warning

For information on where to stay, where to eat, and what to do, see our guide.

ECONOMIST: Business travel

The idea of menu labeling is to make sure that customers process the calorie information as they are figuring out what to eat.

WSJ: FDA head says menu labeling 'thorny' issue

Personal genomics may turn out to be an expensive way to be told to eat more greens and do more exercise but once that information becomes complex, professional clinical interpretation should be provided with the test.

BBC: 'Protect consumers from gene tests'

The company distributes city guide information to handheld devices, providing tips on where to eat and the best places to be seen.

CNN: GPS to do wonders for wireless browsing

In capitalism, the winners do not eat the losers but teach them how to win through the spread of information.

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