It’s time for chain restaurants to tell the #SweetTruth

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.

New Yorkers support warning icons on chain restaurant sugary drinks

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.

New York added sugars warning label poll

Our statewide survey shows that more than three-quarters of New Yorkers support warnings on chain restaurant menu items with more than a day’s worth of added sugars.

Sweet Excess

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.

CSPI Amicus Brief in ABA v. San Francisco

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.

Letter to Dr. Vivek Murthy, nominee for U.S. Surgeon General, re: Labeling of alcoholic 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.

Consumers deserve truth on sugary drinks despite appeals court ruling

Philadelphia menu sodium warning bill makes sense, says CSPI

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.

New York City’s sodium warnings to stay on menus

Soda industry spent $67 million opposing state, city soda taxes & warning labels