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Teen’s Chicken-Nugget Diet Lands Her in the Hospital; Fried Food Not Necessarily Unhealthy

• The USDA’s “Plant Hardiness Zone Map” for gardeners, which hadn’t been updated since 1990, shows that warm zones have drifted northward. Cough, climate change, cough. [Salt/NPR]

• A U.K. teen who has subsisted solely on chicken nuggets since she was 2 years old was rushed to the hospital with all kinds of weird health issues. So, Twinkie Diet adherents shouldn’t get any ideas. [HuffPo]

• Fast-food burger chains are proliferating in New York. Guess we can expect Mayor Bloomberg’s next subway ad campaign to address that. [NYP]

• A new Spanish study suggests that fried food is not inherently unhealthy. Yes! [Times of India]

• However, Burger King’s new burger does not have the same distinction: The Smoked Bacon and Cheddar Double Angus packs more than 1,000 calories. [NYDN]

Teen’s Chicken-Nugget Diet Lands Her in the Hospital; Fried Food Not