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Simple, Everyday Tips Can Help Everyone Keep Their Weight-Loss Resolutions for
Better Overall Health This Year
FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- As we approach the New Year,
many Americans are considering, yet again, another resolution to be healthier
in 2006. In fact, according to the SPLENDA(R) Brand New Years Resolution
Survey, nearly two-thirds (63%) of Americans make a New Years resolution each
year, and living a healthier lifestyle by either increasing exercise or losing
weight(1) is the most common resolution that people make. However, as survey
results show, even the best resolutions are difficult to keep, and 44% of
adults admitted that they only keep their New Years resolution at the most
for one month(1).
In an effort to help consumers who want to keep their healthy resolutions
well into the new year, McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, the makers of SPLENDA(R)
Brand Products, has developed simple everyday tips for living a healthier
lifestyle in 2006 -- one small step at a time.
"Its the small, achievable day-to-day changes that can make a big
difference in overall health and wellness," said Monica Bearden, RD. "There
are many easy everyday steps that can help people keep their resolutions for
better health -- from increasing your activity level by taking an extra flight
of stairs or parking one aisle farther away in the parking lot, to making
small dietary changes such as incorporating sugar substitutes, like SPLENDA(R)
No Calorie Sweetener, when sweetening beverages and baking."
These small, achievable steps can help to reduce calories without making a
significant change in habits or diet, thus making it part of ones everyday
way of life:
* Read labels at the grocery store to know the calorie content you buy
* Reduce your portion sizes of foods and beverages. Sweet beverages,
main meals and even side dishes can also be big contributors to excess
calorie intake -- so take smaller portions to achieve that calorie in
-- calorie out balance.
* Get more physical activity -- any kind, every day
* Use no or low calorie sweeteners, such as SPLENDA(R) No Calorie
Sweetener, when sweetening foods or beverages or when cooking and
baking from scratch
* Beware of the calories and added sugars in sodas, juice drinks,
sauces, salad dressings and marinades
* Choose diet or reduced calorie/low-sugar versions of your favorite
foods, such as sodas, ice creams and other sweet foods
* Minimize your intake of high-fat, high-calorie foods
One of the easiest steps towards reducing sugar and calories in the New
Year is to cut down on added sugars in beverages. According to the SPLENDA(R)
Brand New Years Resolution Survey, nearly half of Americans (47%) sweeten
their coffee or tea on a daily basis(1). For those who use sugar as their
primary sweetener, these daily teaspoons can quickly add up to a lot of extra
sugar calories. To help consumers better understand the dietary impact of
sugars in their diet, an online calculator that highlights how quickly ones
sugar intake can "add up" is now available at http://www.SPLENDA.com.
In addition, just in time for the New Year, Dunkin Donuts(R) has
introduced its new Latte Lite -- a reduced-calorie menu addition made with
espresso, skim milk and SPLENDA(R) No Calorie Sweetener.
Other 2006 SPLENDA(R) Brand initiatives that make keeping New Years
Resolutions more achievable include a comprehensive national gym education
program about how easily "small steps" can be incorporated into a healthier,
overall lifestyle; a direct mail campaign about the value of lowering ones
total sugar intake, complete with coupons and recipes for SPLENDA(R) No
Calorie Sweetener, a significant online awareness campaign, and a public
relations program that highlights the big benefits of making those small
steps.
For more information on SPLENDA(R) Brand products or to download
SPLENDA(R) Brand recipes, visit http://www.SPLENDA.com.
About SPLENDA(R) No Calorie Sweetener
SPLENDA(R) No Calorie Sweetener is made from sugar so it tastes like sugar
and consumers have quickly adopted this SPLENDA(R) product as their no calorie
sweetener of choice. Last year, it became the nations #1 selling branded
sweetener in retail outlets. SPLENDA(R) No Calorie Sweetener is available in
granular form in a 9.7 oz. Bakers Bag, equivalent in sweetness to 5 lbs. of
sugar, which is ideal for cooking and baking, as well as 1- and 2-lb.
sweetness equivalent boxes, and in packets.
About SPLENDA(R) Brand
SPLENDA(R) Brand Products are marketed by McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, a
Johnson & Johnson company. SPLENDA(R) Brand Sweetener is used in more than
4,000 products of major food brands worldwide. You can find out more about
SPLENDA(R) Products or get recipes and tips on cooking and baking with
SPLENDA(R) Brand Products at http://www.SPLENDA.com or by calling
1-800-7-SPLENDA (1-800-777-5363).
About McNeil Nutritionals
McNeil Nutritionals, LLC is a global marketer of innovative nutritional
products. The companys mission is to give people the ability to actively
manage their own health. McNeil Nutritionals markets SPLENDA(R) No Calorie
Sweetener, SPLENDA(R) Sugar Blend for Baking, SPLENDA(R) Brown Sugar Blend,
VIACTIV(R) Calcium Soft Chews, VIACTIV(R) Multi-Vitamin Soft Chews, LACTAID(R)
Milk and Dietary Supplements, and BENECOL(R) Spreads. McNeil Nutritionals,
LLC, is headquartered in Fort Washington, PA.
(1) The SPLENDA(R) Brand "New Years Resolution Survey," conducted by
Opinion Research Corporation, polled 1016 adults via telephone on
December 8-11, 2005
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