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"  Nutrition facts labels may have a lot of words, numbers, and percentages, but what do they really tell you? The FDA believes that the labels aren&amp;#039;t doing their job; so they&amp;#039;re giving the boring, confusing, black and white labels a makeover. More from Delish: Daily Nutrition Guide A lot has changed when it comes to the U.S. government and nutrition. The food pyramid was transformed into a plate, chain restaurant menus now have mandatory calorie counts, and against all odds, the Food Safety Modernization Act was passed at the beginning of this year. Changing the nutrition facts labels is the next step in the government&amp;#039;s ongoing efforts to tackle the U.S.&amp;#039;s obesity epidemic. More from Delish: Is it Really Whole Grain? Deciphering Food Labels The FDA hopes that the new labels \u2014 in whatever form they will take \u2014 will give consumers clear and useful information that will enable them to make healthy decisions. According to The Associated Press, via Buisinessweek.com, the FDA first began attempts to redesign the labels in 2003. Changes could be proposed as early as this year and include more accurate serving sizes, a stronger emphasis on caloric content, and a lesser emphasis on daily percentage values. You can also expect to see information like calories from fat disappear. More from Delish: 13 Food and Nutrition Facts Busted A recent contest held by the University of California, Berkeley and Good Magazine produced many new designs, most of which were color-coded. The traffic light color scheme popped up most often, which was meant to indicate whether an ingredient was good, bad, or neutral for consumers. The winning design used blocks of color representing ingredients that varied in size depending on the amount contained within the product. There is no word on whether or not the FDA will take the contest&amp;#039;s entries into consideration. How would you suggest the FDA revise the labels? Traffic light? Pie chart? Or should we stick with the tried and true black and white? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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