Kylie Kavanagh - Comment

Document ID: FDA-2010-D-0370-0016
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Food And Drug Administration
Received Date: September 01 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: September 2 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: August 25 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: October 12 2010, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80b414e4
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As a diabetes researcher, nothing stands out more from the literature than caloric excess - whatever the mechanism - as the cause for the decline in quality of life for overweight and obese persons. Labeling is a way to initiate changes in behavior. Giving the caloric content as total calories and as % of average male and female daily requirements is also recommended. Inclusion of a minimum font size for such information and addition of the information to packaging for take out orders, rather than just menus, would also aid in public education. I urge the legislators to push for changes and let the industry respond as they have in the past; successfully.

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