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Food Makers to Trim Calories
As part of drive to reduce childhood obesity
(AP) — Several of the nation's need," said first lady M ichelle
largest food companies say they O bam a, who earlier this year
will take 1.5 trillion calories out of launched her own "Let's Move"
their products by 2015 in an effort to anti-obesity campaign.
ative ways to m arket products as
healthy — including reducing fat
o f the 1.5 trillion by 2012.
and replacing it with sugar, or vice
Mrs. Obama has urged the food versa — but to increase nutrients
industry to speed up efforts to as well.
produce healthier foods and re
To keep the companies account
duce marketing o f unhealthy foods able, the Robert Wood Johnson
to children. In a speech to an in Foundation, a nonpartisan philan
dustry association in March, she thropic and research organization
urged companies not to find cre that works to improve the nation's
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health, will evaluate how the groups'
efforts affect the number o f calories
consumed by children and adoles
cents.
The Healthy Weight Commitment
Foundation has more than 80 mem
bers, including General Mills Inc.,
ConAgra Foods Inc., Kraft Foods
Inc., Kellogg Co., Coca-Cola Co.,
PepsiCo Inc. and Hershey Co.
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The first lady is making childhood obesity one o f the items o f
focus on her agenda.
reduce childhood obesity.
The companies made the an
nouncement through the Healthy
Weight Commitment Foundation, a
coalition o f retailers, food and bev
erage manufacturers and industry
trade associations. They pledged
to reduce the calories as part o f an
agreement with a group o f nonprofit
organizations concerned with child
hood obesity.
"This is precisely the kind of
private sector com m itm ent we
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Food co m p an ies concerned
about national and local efforts to
raise food taxes and a rising tide of
lawmakers preparing to write anti
obesity measures have publicly en
dorsed the first lady's message and
p led g e d to m ake th e ir foods
healthier.
The industry foundation said the
companies will introduce lower calo
rie foods, change product recipes
and reduce portion sizes to achieve
the goal, seeking to reduce 1 trillion
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Chocolate to Fight Wrinkles
The world's largest chocolate
maker says it may have come up
with a chocolate bar that could fight
wrinkles and slow the aging pro
cess, making it the latest food group
to tap the appetite for healthier liv
ing.
Eating three-quarters o f an ounce
o f specially developed chocolate
p ack ed w ith a n tio x id a n ts, or
flavanols, each day may help pre
vent wrinkles and make skin more
radiant by boosting elasticity and
improving hydration, studies car
ried out by Barry Callebaut showed.
Consumers are becoming in
creasingly aware o f the nutritional
value o f what they eat, and Barry
Callebaut's claims come as food gi
ants such as Nestle and Danone
also push into the healthy eating
arena.
Dark chocolate has already been
linked with certain health benefits,
such as helping to lower blood pres
sure and reducing the risk o f strokes
thanks to its high content o f antioxi
dants.
The Swiss group has developed
a way of preserving the flavanols
found in cocoa beans during the
chocolate-making process, allow
ing them to produce a bar that is
richer in flavanols, Barry Callebaut
C h ief Innovation O fficer Hans
Vriens said in an interview.
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