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Article: Federal diet guidelines to emphasize calories, exercise
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- January 12, 2005
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Cave men lived a healthy lifestyle: Their
calorie intake stayed low because food was hard to find, and they
exercised regularly to bring home the bacon.
The government wants Americans to follow that approach. Today,
however, food is at their fingertips, driving has replaced running
and people are fatter than ever.
New dietary guidelines coming out today are expected to place more
emphasis on counting calories and exercising daily, along with
swapping whole grains for refined ones and eating a lot more
vegetables and fruits.
The advice is not really new. But Americans don't heed it, so the
government sees the guidelines as an opportunity to change people's
ways.
The ...