Beach and bathing suit season has begun. And I’ve noticed something I wonder if you’ll agree with me. The coolest new hot trend is “tiny.”

No, not tiny swimsuits those have long been fashionable, at least since Brian Hyland’s 1960 hit single “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Polka Dot Bikini.” No, the new big thing is small . . . small and smaller portions of food.

Worrying over waistlines has encouraged the food industry to re-package their goodies into “100 Calorie” snack bags. Teenie Weenie versions of Oreo, Chips Ahoy, Fudge Stripes all our favorites shrunk down so that each cookie only has a few polka dot calories apiece. With such down-sized delights it takes a decent handful to count back up to 100 calories, so we can snarf down a whole “snack sack” without growing our gut. Or so we think…