Press Room

The Press Room contains Calorie Control Council press releases, an archive of the CCC Newsletters, and current trends and statistics.

Commentary
Read the Calorie Control Commentary newsletter for timely information on low-calorie and reduced-fat foods and beverages, weight management, physical activity and healthy eating.
Trends and Stats
More Americans are on diets. In general, people continue to understand that traditional dieting (deprivation, short-term solutions) spell failure. Instead, it takes permanent lifestyle changes to take and keep weight off. Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults are currently dieting.
Latest Press Release
07/22/2010
ATLANTA (July 22, 2010) - A new study published in the August 2010 journal, Appetite, further demonstrates that people who consume low-calorie sweeteners are able to significantly reduce their caloric intake and do not overeat. In fact, study participants who received the sugar...
05/05/2010
ATLANTA (May 5, 2010) – The European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) Scientific Panel on additives has established an Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) for the low-calorie sweetener stevia, clearing the way for broader approvals of the popular ingredient as a sweetener in the European Union....
01/27/2010
Americans Will Eat 30 Million Pounds of Snacks and Enough Fat to Equal the Weight of 13,000 NFL Offensive Linemen!  ATLANTA (January 27, 2010) Super Bowl Sunday is the “Super Bowl” of snacking!  Research by the Calorie Control Council (the “Council...
12/31/2009
The Calorie Control Council Predicts the Top Five Dieting Trends for 2010              ATLANTA (December 31, 2009) – Recessionistas and calorie counters will be leading the way in 2010, according to the Calorie Control...
11/02/2009
ATLANTA (November 2, 2009) – A new study published in the International Journal of Obesity reports that consumption of sugar-free beverages sweetened with low-calorie sweeteners increases dietary restraint, a key aspect of successful weight maintenance. Researchers analyzed calorie, protein,...
08/24/2009
ATLANTA (August 24, 2009) – A new study conducted by Italian researchers and published in the August 2009 issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention reports that there is no relationship between low-calorie sweeteners and cancers of the stomach, pancreas or endometrium. Over...
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