• Is it better to eat breakfast or skip it? The studies are mixed.  (WSJ)
• 71% of adults say they are trying to consume more protein.
• Research suggests that at least 60 percent of strokes, 40 percent of dementia cases and 35 percent of late-life depression cases could be prevented or slowed by controlling risk factors.
• Before affirmative action and civil rights: (WSJ)

In 1940 nearly 90% of black families lived in poverty. By 1960 the share had fallen to less than half. Census data show that during this period blacks increased their years of schooling at a faster pace than whites, that the share of blacks attending college doubled, and that the proportion of blacks entering skilled professions more than doubled.