investigating officers. Although he was not under arrest at the time of the first interview, Miranda warnings were administered and explained to him. Atkins executed a written waiver of those rights and gave a statement in which he explained that Raquan had sustained the injuries in a bedroom. Atkins was then free to go, but he remained at the sheriff's department. After the investigating officers had received medical information concerning the nature of the child's injuries, Atkins was placed under arrest and charged with aggravated battery and cruelty to children. He then agreed to a second interview, during which he disclosed that the injuries had occurred in the bathroom.
On appeal, Atkins asserts that the statements were given under duress and with the inducement of benefit. However, the evidenceor 'non-fat' in their names."

His reasoning: if you remove the fat from a foodstuff, it doesn't necessarily make it non-fattening. Certainly not if the producer ratchets up the sugar content to compensate for the flavour that vanished along with the fat. In fact, Pollan notes, since Americans - and hence most of the rest of us in the west - began producing and eating low-fat food products, we've actually been consuming up to 500 extra calories a day. Brilliant.

Pollan, award-winning author, journalist and campaigner, is on a mission. Food Rules is, in effect, a condensation of his previous work: much of the science behind these 64 simple, deliberately catchy injunctions ("The whiter the bread, the sooner you're dead") towards a healthier diet made up of real, honest food