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Calories in that full bag. or that 20 ounce bottle of coke, for examp for example, it will be a single serving. because were likely to drink the whole thing. >> definitely. you get a bag of potato chips and it has the calories listed, its only for 10 chips, not the whole bag. >> yeah. and youre going to likely eat the whole bag. i think thats a major advancement. as a dietitian, i think that is terrific. thats probably the biggest change, is calories. and weve got the portion size of figuring it...

Highlight the calories more. if people are consuming too many calories, we dont know how they and make it big and bold and it would really hop out at you. so let me show you what a label looks like now. are the callies jumping out at you? >> i know where to look. >> but lets see what it could look like. >> hello. >> and heres another way you can make it jump out at you. you can put it in another color, make it big and bold. >> fancy. >> fancy. thats at least what some health experts want to see ...

Riblet platter. weighing in at 2,100 calories. we looked at some of the full-service chain restaurants. researchers found the average adult meals at these restaurants, entree, side dishes and half of an appetizer averages about 1500 calories. add in a beverage and half a dessert and youre talking about a whopping 2020 calories. remember, youre only supposed to have 2,000 calories all day. the numbers seem to come as a surprise to many. >> how many calories you think are in a chicken sandwich? 30...

This problem is to go side by side. >> i love it. the clip from the new show restaurant divided. joining us now is chef and host rocco dispirito. i am so excited about this book. >> these guys do everything. you never sleep. >> just like you. we never sleep and even up the odds. its amazing how we did that. its a separate conversation. >> five things at once. that helps. i want to talk about the book first. >> i love it. >> when i tell you, you were like what? >> healthy italian under 350 calori...

On our plate and restaurants across the country serve huge portion and some options pack on the calorie. the deep dish macaroni at uno chicago grill has almost 2,000. thats what the fda says a healthy american should eat in a day. the lesson, be careful. sometimes your ears are bigger than your stomach. abc news, ithaca, new york. >> portion control. >> thats what it is all about. >> thats what it is all about. >> check this out. the difference between leaving a little on your plate, which your ...

Im doing. why not enjoy it? >> that same attitude is driving our fit nation six pack. last weekend one of the team members, rae, rode a gruelling 32 miles for a bike challenge in colorado. i have watched her improve by leaps and bounds. amazing stuff. during the trip, i also learned an easy to remember way to control what i eat. i want to show you. it has to do with portion size. the thing i find fascinating is thinking about your hands as an idea of what you should be eating. explain ta the to ...

Call their senators. >> will there be a political price to pay for a republican or democrat who fails to vote based on this public polling to make assault weapons banned or to vote for background checks? >> if 90% of the public wants something and their represe representatives vote against that common sense is they are going to have a price to pay for that. the public is going to eventually wake up and say i want to put in office somebody that will do the things that i think are necessary for th...

Bloomberg is not around. were cool. its just pop with ice, i hope that is okay. what did you think was in it? >> geraldo: a supersized new york judge has stopped the order for now but the city is appealing saying restricting soda size reduces sugar consumption and thereby reducing obesity but arguing people have the right to be fat, lawmakers in the nations most obese state mississippi passed what they are calling the anti-bloomberg bill. it makes it illegal to regulate portion size and calorie ...

Hes been here before. >> right. >> he will appeal it and he will fight it. h he doesnt win every single thing he does. >> and you know what, they were taking it seriously, coke was putting posters up, describing the sizes, the portion size. some restaurants started serving fresh squeezed juices instead of the sugary drinks. and other companies -- >> thats disgusting. >> smaller cups. its not like they were laughing at what mayor bloomberg was doing. they were scared. he lost this round, but they...

Drive up and they say, how about the oatmeal for breakfast and they give you the brown sugar, too, and there is a dodownside this, when there is a serious problem with fats an sugars an salts, still i like where they going and it is a step in the right direction and i interviwed the president of national action group against obesity and she has serious concerns. >> people know it is not good for them and they are pretending and are in denial. everyone knows fried food and extra sugar is not good...