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Calorie control made simple.(Diet Meals)

Consumer Reports

| June 01, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Despite today's trends, whether carb-counting or fat-watching, there is obvious sense in the old-fashioned idea of limiting calories to lose weight. That may be why diet meals have captured about one-third of the frozen-meals market They're certainly an easy way to control what you consume, which is a big plus for many dieters.

That view was confirmed recently in focus groups convened by the Food and Drug Administration. Participants expressed interest in calories and levels of fat, sodium, cholesterol, and carbohydrates, but many said they didn't want to spend lots of time reading labels.

Based on our trained panelists" taste tests of 15 meals in four ...

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