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The woman who made a name for herself by making us all laugh. >> somebody told me, every laugh is like a small vacation for someone. every time you laugh, youve given someone a small vacation. >> reporter: linsey davis, abc news, new york. topping our health headlines this friday morning, its harder avoiding transfat than you might find. a study by the cdc found one in ten processed foods sold in the u.s. have some transfat in them. even the ones that claim they dont. well thats because the fd...

Wrong. >> first thing to making change is considering change. what we were trying to start with the video. >> reporter: the videos creator say people need to take responsibility for their choices. and hope this message will break dangerous habits before they begin. brandi hitt, abc new, los angeles. >> certainly controversial. the study though also takes a look at -- the rise of obesity as well as increased ex-po ed e and serving size. that has the shot up. >> companies, luring in the kids. i th...

Because while the original labels were useful, many companies ended up using serving size loopholes to disguise how many calories they were packing. that ends under this rule. a pint of ice cream could be listed as 4 serving of 400 calories. remember, theres some evidence that information with policy nudging can shape behavior. the scientific record is mixed on scientific labels. the proposal ups the font size as well as common sense reforms. all sugar altogether. its all condensed so people can...

Youll want to know this. the labels will undergo an overhaul for the first time in over 20 years. jan janet is a nutritionist. lets talk about this. when they list the amount of calories, the type is much bigger. you see how much bigger that is in the middle than the nutrition facts on the left. and i suppose thats a good thing. why? >> its a great thing. i mean, this is really to address the obesity problem in america. so calories are important. the serving size has gotten a reality check and t...

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Constantly reading food labels when you go to the grocery store, this news may change your life, for real. the fda is proposing the first upgrade to nutrition labels in 20 years. the government wants to change what a serving size is and making it easier and make it make more sense. from foodbabe.com, first, sanjay, explain how these food labels are changing. >> yeah. so i wanted to show you that. and also remind you that in 1990s, as you mentioned, when the food labels became mandatory, before t...

>> tom, ice cream. don donny, you have it now. ive stopped because i know i couldnt stop unless i eat the whole thing. >> that is the problem. >> i think it should be more honest and say that is a whole serving or maybe im just a piggy but that is what happens when you eat that type of food. you cant stop. so that is like -- one serving of that is 500 calories which is ridiculous. i dont know how many grams of fat. can i take it further, tom? youre a reporter. i have an issue like -- look at thi...

Out. the flight landed from in oakland. and the cause of the incident is under investigation. >> today for the first time since the nutrition label was developed two decades ago, we are overhauling the labels to make them easier to read and understand. this is a major undertaking involving folks from across the country from the fda and to the food industry and advocates in the communities in this country. >> that was first lady michelle obama announcing new labels to highlightical rows and sugar...

Let get to lea gabrielle in a grocery store. >> im eating ice cream, and when i dig into one of these things im going to the bottom. now, these new labels will tell us things that will add information. for example, new serving size on this. its a full coup rather turn full cup rather than half cup. this is a single serving container. theres actually two section in here. the new labels will tell us how many calories in the container. this snack here, single serving but actually two servings, so t...