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By Paige Waehner, About.com Guide to Exercise

Grade Your Food Labels

Friday August 22, 2003
Ever wonder about the health claims made on food labels--that certain foods reduce the risk of this or that? If so, you're in luck because the FDA has new guidelines for grading the claims made on food labels:

A means significant scientific agreement exists
B means the evidence is not conclusive;
C means the evidence is limited and not conclusive; and
D means there is little scientific evidence.

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