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Check! Or hopefully three. A new point system, favored by the Institute of Medicine, would use a three check system to rate foods based on nutritional value. A report from the Institute of Medicine states that the group is urging the Food and Drug Administration to adopt this new food labeling technique to show whether the amounts of saturated and trans fats, sodium and added sugars are below certain thresholds, according to MSNBC. The hope behind the system is to help busy shoppers make better choices faster. On the MSNBC Vitals blog, Art Caplan commented, "The food industry is using an ethical argument, claiming consumers don’t want the government telling them what to eat to defend a lack...