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Trade movie popcorn for yogurt?

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Some silver screen couples were just meant to end up together: Bogey and Bacall, Harry and Sally, Saturday matinees and … a cup of low-fat yogurt?

If Sony executives get their way, U.S. moviegoers will have the option of healthier snacks with their flicks — and they won’t even have to smuggle them in.

In a recent speech at ShoWest — the country’s largest tradeshow for the movie theater industry — Sony Pictures Entertainment Chief Executive Michael Lynton called upon concessionaires to supplement classic, high-calorie soda, candy and popcorn options with more healthy fare like fruit, granola, yogurt and vegetables with dip. It’s “the right thing to do for our industry, for audiences and for our country,” said Lynton

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