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How many calories and fat grams are in a serving of your favorite foods? This online calorie counter provides quick and easy answers to help you in meal planning and managing your diet.


Now you can keep a running list of what you ate during the day. The Enhanced Calorie Calculator tabulates the total calories eaten based on the number of servings you choose, and has a built-in tool to help you add fat grams.


How can you burn off some of those extra calories before they turn into extra pounds? Try our Exercise Calculator to see how many calories you expend doing your favorite exercise or activity.


Check out the Body Mass Index Calculator to learn whether your weight puts you at risk for health problems.


Do you want to learn more about how many calories you need to maintain your current weight? Check out the new Weight Maintenance Calculator. And, Be sure to visit the Healthy Weight Calculator to determine a healthy weight for your height and gender.


Try these delicious versions of some of your favorite recipes -- made over for your health!

If you're looking for information on cutting calories and fat in your diet, achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, or your favorite low-calorie, reduced-fat foods and beverages (and the ingredients that make them possible)... you've come to the right place!


How to Win by Losing
How to Win By Losing"Winning by Losing" is a concise, easy-to-read guide to effective weight loss. Discover the hazards of searching for the quick fix, and learn 10 tips to reshape your eating habits. Print a copy for future reference!
Calories Still Count

Calories Still CountCheck out the Calorie Control Council's predictions for dieting and weight loss trends in 2007.
Light Living

Light LivingLow-calorie sweeteners and fat replacers make many of your favorite light foods and beverages possible. Here's the latest info on low-calorie ingredients that are in use today, as well as those on the horizon. Visit Low-Calorie Sweeteners to get a better understanding of the sweeteners used in low-calorie and sugar-free products, and visit Fat Replacers to learn about the wide variety of ingredients used to reduce fat in many foods.


Heavy Allegations: A link between low calorie sweeteners and weight gain?
A recent article in the New York Times says NO.
Calorie Control Search

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Calorie Control Newsnet
Calorie Control Newsnet

Calorie Control Newsnet

Science Says “Calories Count” for a Sensible Weigh to Weight Loss
It seems the old adage; “You are what you eat” is a little off. According to research recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, it isn’t what you eat, but how much

FDA's food ingredient approval process: Safety assurance based on scientific assessment
provides an in depth review of the FDA's food additive approval and General Recognized As Safe (GRAS) processes

 Calorie Control Newsnet

Calorie Control Newsnet
Visit this section often for the top news stories related to calorie control, dieting and weight loss.

Click on the headlines above to read the complete article.

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Let's Get Physical!

Let's Get Physical!It's bad enough that more Americans than ever are overweight. Is the problem being compounded by an over-emphasis on only one method of fixing it? Visit this section for information on how to Lighten Up and Get Moving!
Calorie Control Commentary

Calorie Control CommentaryRead the latest Calorie Control Commentary.
The Winter 2009 issue includes articles on the FDA's food additive approval process, stevia, the benefits of low calorie sweeteners and more.

Free Diet Assessment -- CaloriesCount.com

At CaloriesCount.com you can lose weight safely, sensibly, privately and permanently. Featuring tools such as calorie calculators, meal plans, recipes, chat groups and information from weight loss experts. Start losing weight today!
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