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When you read the nutrition label on food products, which of the following is most important to you when choosing one to buy?

The food industry has our heads spinning! It seems that every few years, there is another nutrition fact that we need to consider when choosing foods to eat.

What do you look for on the nutrition label when you pick up a food product? Does it change depending on whether you are buying it for yourself or for your children?

We want to know what you think!

Fat Content (28.5%)

Calories (31.6%)

Transfats (11.3%)

Sodium (7.8%)

Carbohydrates (9.6%)

Fiber (4.2%)

Protein (2.4%)

Other (4.7%)

When you read the nutrition label on food products, which of the following is most important to you when choosing one to buy?
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  • jerseyjez By jerseyjez
    on Jan 27, 2008  

    I really pay attentionnow to the sodium. I noticed water retention after certain foods I have eaten. Sometimes you on the go and it is hard to watch everything.

  • RayAnn By RayAnn
    on Jan 28, 2008  

    I always watch the fat content of what ever food I'm eating.

  • SJCMMOM By SJCMMOM
    on Jan 28, 2008  

    I am an avid fat watcher. Caloric intake is important, but I find that if I watch my fat intake(percentage) I find my calorie count is down too.

  • shirack By shirack
    on Jan 28, 2008  

    i am low in weight but have flabby belly and thighs

  • freydis By freydis
    on Jan 28, 2008  

    Carbs Transfats fiber sodium

    I actually am more concerned about the transfats than the carbs, but carbs are my first look. My health is better when I watch my carbs.

  • AmandaV By AmandaV
    on Jan 28, 2008  

    I worry about my husbands health, currently we are trying to lower his sodium intake.

  • jazzdoll By jazzdoll
    on Jan 28, 2008  

    I'm pre-diabetic so it's carbs/sugars that I need to watch closely

  • dhhaj By dhhaj
    on Jan 28, 2008  

    Carbs are always what I look at first. I'm diabetic, so carbs are the most important information on the label for me.

  • cleaninglady By cleaninglady
    on Jan 28, 2008  

    Fiber! Fiber Fiber! Move it through ladies!

  • songofsongs By songofsongs
    on Jan 28, 2008  

    definitely calories first!