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Effective Weight Management

Overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions within the United States. According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16% of children in the United States are overweight.¹ 34% of US adults aged 20 and over are obese.² What can be done?

Ways to Help

Recommending small lifestyle changes as a way to improve the diet and increase physical activity for better health can have a big impact. One such change is replacing sugar with SPLENDA^®  Brand Sweetener (sucralose).

Results of a childhood weight control study presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies demonstrated that using SPLENDA^® Brand Sweetener as part of a program to reduce calorie intake and increase activity levels can help overweight children slow their rate of weight gain.

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References

1. Obesity still a major problem, new data show. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/04facts/obesity.htm. Published October 6, 2004. Updated October 6, 2006. Accessed March 19, 2008.

2. New CDC study finds no increase in obesity among adults; but levels still high. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/07newsreleases/obesity.htm. Published November 28, 2007. Accessed May 19, 2008.