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Twinkies are near the top of America’s least healthy food pyramid. Sales of packaged snacks such as Ding Dongs, Donettes, and of course Twinkies held up well during the pandemic. Liquor sales were up as well but that is a different health issue.

A business story in the Wall Street Journal says that “America’s longstanding obsession with snacks is colliding with its exuberance for new weight-loss drugs.” Is that an oxymoron?

Ozempic is new but Twinkies began nearly 100 years ago. James Dewar, not the same man who distilled Scotch whiskey, worked at Continental Baking in Chicago. The company alr...