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Read labels carefully for a truly healthy breakfast

“Breakfast cereals have traditionally competed for consumers’ attention using colorful containers and characters, star athletes, catchy jingles and cool toys. Now, the nation’s biggest cereal companies are using America’s obsession with waistlines as their newest marketing tool. But slogans don’t guarantee a bowl full of health, dietitians say. Breakfast lovers would do well to learn how to read labels.”