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Counting Calories: Food Companies Exceed Calorie Cutting Goals

A study finds some of the nation's largest food companiesfar exceeded calorie cutting goalsthey set several years ago. Researchers found companies cut around 78 calories per person per day. That's more than four times the 1.5 trillion calories they pledged to cut by next year.

The study was sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.