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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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