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Article: This Just In! Calories Do Count
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 2, 1996
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Calories are back.
Not that they ever really disappeared, but somewhere in the
fat-free frenzy some of us lost sight of the one of the laws of
thermodynamics. People ate fat-reduced cookies, crackers and cakes,
and the calories added up. They didn't lose weight. Maybe they even
gained.
Now Nabisco is splashing calorie comparisons on some of its
SnackWell's packages. Other food companies have calorie-reduced
foods in the works. The Calorie Control Council, which represents
the "lite" food industry, has mounted a "Calories Still Count"
campaign. And health authorities are realizing that their simple
message to "reduce fat" may have been too simple.
"Calories are definitely back," says ...
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