Michelle has done a great job with a combination of nutrition facts, but also exercise.

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Reading the Nutrition Facts Panel is an easy way to gauge the amount of sodium present in a food.

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Of course, privacy is not as simple and quantifiable as nutrition facts.

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Lastly, spend some time with the nutrition facts box.

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Even more desperate now that the Food and Drug Administration is expected, as early as this year, to require food makers to add artery-choking trans fat--found in dairy, meats, cookies and fried foods--to labels spelling out nutrition facts.

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Similar to the way measurement conversions or flight prices pop up in a box at the top of your search results, Google will display the number of calories, fat grams and other key nutrition facts for everything from bananas to burritos.

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Packaged foods already have labels showing nutrition, allergy information and other facts consumers want to know.

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