"SUPERSIZE IT!" Fast food operations hear that word thousands of times a day, giving the word "SUPERSIZE" a new meaning in the ever-expanding English lexicon. Why buy a regular combo meal when, for a few cents more, you can have it SUPERSIZED? More french fries to clog your veins. So much Coke that the colossal cup won't jam into the car's console holder.

Perhaps nowhere is the American SUPERSIZED appetite for soda pop better evidenced than at 7-11. Thirsty on your way to work? Stop in and buy a 64-ounce Big Gulp! Refills are free. Now, can you imagine Americans in the 50's drinking a 64-ounce Coke on the way to work? Remember those tiny 6 oz. bottles? They seem like toys now. I suspect today's kids would have a hard time believing Coke was once marketed in those tiny bottles. "A MERE SIP…