As a public health nutritionist, I have had the opportunity to work closely with communities, teaching people about the role that nutrition plays in shaping and supporting our health. Over the years I have watched people take and apply these learnings and transform their lives and improve the health of themselves and their families.
More than three-quarters of New York state residents (78 percent) support government-required warnings on chain restaurant menu items with more than a day’s worth of added sugars. The support is consistently high across all demographic and political groups, according to a new poll conducted by Engine Insights.
Our survey, conducted in March 2021, found that the largest chains consistently serve up drinks with more than a day’s worth of added sugars, indicating a strong need for added sugars icons to inform consumers and encourage chains to reduce the added sugars sold in drinks.
Lawyers for the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Public Good Foundation filed this amicus curiae brief in support of the city and county of San Francisco in its litigation over proposed warning messages on advertisements for soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages.
The Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act of 1988 (ABLA) establishes a process for the Treasury Department’s Alcohol Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), “in consultation with the Surgeon General,” to report to Congress on the need for updates to the health warning statement on alcoholic beverages if available scientific information would justify a change.
The following presents the evidence and rationale for requiring a cancer warning on alcohol products sold in the United States, and for rotating that warning message with existing warnings on drinking while pregnant and operating machinery.
Legislation introduced today in the Philadelphia City Council to let consumers know when they are about to buy a menu item with extreme levels of sodium could make a real contribution to the public’s health.
