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So you're flying to see family for the holidays. You know you're going to eat too much when you get there. But here you are in the airport, and darn it, you're hungry.
Well, good news. The latest annual survey of the availability of light, healthy meals in airports has just been released from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a medical group that advocates for vegetarianism. It shows that more airport restaurants than ever are offering meals that are low in fat, high in fiber and cholesterol-free -- in short, the kind of meals that will help ensure that you won't have to ask for one of those in-flight seat belt extenders or need that defibrillator at the end of the jetway.
This is the sixth year that the group has scoped out menus at the nation's busiest airports. This year a record 88 percent of the restaurants (snack bars excluded) at the 13 airports surveyed offered at least one vegetarian entree whose fat, fiber and cholesterol levels met the group's strict requirements. Last year, 75 percent passed.
All but one airport improved their scores over 2005 (Chicago O'Hare's dropped by a point). Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport won "most improved," with 76 percent of its restaurants passing muster with PCRM's registered-dietician judges, up from 46 percent in 2005.
Las Vegas McCarran International Airport saw a 27-point improvement but still came in last place for the third year in a row. Fatty food, as the bumper sticker might say, is for gamblers.
-- Rick Weiss
