The Interplay of Public Health Law and Industry Self-Regulation: The Case of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Sales in Schools

Mello, Michelle M.; Pomeranz, Jennifer L.; Morán, Patricia

doi:10.2105/ajph.2006.107680

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“…Their self-imposed regulations were not without skeptics. 28 Of greatest concern was the likelihood that innovations by industry would usher in new but similar alternatives. To some extent, this prediction has been borne out.…”

Section: Items Sold In Competition To School Meals: New National Stanmentioning

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Snacks, Sweetened Beverages, Added Sugars, and Schools

Murray¹,

Bhatia²,

Okamoto³

et al. 2015

Pediatrics

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Concern over childhood obesity has generated a decade-long reformation of school nutrition policies. Food is available in school in 3 venues: federally sponsored school meal programs; items sold in competition to school meals, such as a la carte, vending machines, and school stores; and foods available in myriad informal settings, including packed meals and snacks, bake sales, fundraisers, sports booster sales, in-class parties, or other school celebrations. High-energy, low-nutrient beverages, in particular, contribute substantial calories, but little nutrient content, to a student' s diet. In 2004, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that sweetened drinks be replaced in school by water, white and flavored milks, or 100% fruit and vegetable beverages. Since then, school nutrition has undergone a significant transformation. Federal, state, and local regulations and policies, along with alternative products developed by industry, have helped decrease the availability of nutrient-poor foods and beverages in school. However, regular access to foods of high energy and low quality remains a school issue, much of it attributable to students, parents, and staff. Pediatricians, aligning with experts on child nutrition, are in a position to offer a perspective promoting nutrient-rich foods within calorie guidelines to improve those foods brought into or sold in schools. A positive emphasis on nutritional value, variety, appropriate portion, and encouragement for a steady improvement in quality will be a more effective approach for improving nutrition and health than simply advocating for the elimination of added sugars.

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Section: Items Sold In Competition To School Meals: New National Stanmentioning

confidence: 99%

Snacks, Sweetened Beverages, Added Sugars, and Schools

Murray¹,

Bhatia²,

Okamoto³

et al. 2015

Pediatrics

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“…School authorities can also institute a ban on the sale of SSBs on school grounds or contract with industry to remove them from their product offerings. 75 (Local government can support school officials by instituting zoning requirements that prevent fast food restaurants from locating near schools.) 76 Many locales license tobacco vendors, obliging them to meet certain conditions.…”

Section: Regulation Of the Retail Environmentmentioning

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Advanced policy options to regulate sugar-sweetened beverages to support public health

Pomeranz

2011

J Public Health Pol

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Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has increased worldwide. As public health studies expose the detrimental impact of SSBs, consumer protection and public health advocates have called for increased government control. A major focus has been on restricting marketing of SSBs to children, but many innovative policy options -legally defensible ways to regulate SSBs and support public health -are largely unexplored. We describe the public health, economic, and retail marketing research related to SSBs (including energy drinks). We review policy options available to governments, including mandatory factual disclosures, earmarked taxation, and regulating sales, including placement within retail and food service establishments, and schools. Our review describes recent international initiatives and classifies options available in the United States by jurisdiction (federal, state, and local) based on legal viability.

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“…Voluntary industry commitments have recently been achieved to reduce SSB availability in schools [71,72]. For example, according to the Canadian Beverage Association manufacturers have voluntarily removed soft drinks in elementary and middle schools and commitments also include regular soft drinks removal from secondary schools, capped energy content and non-availability of energy drinks [73].…”

Section: Industry Voluntary Commitmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is Sugar the new Tobacco? Insights from Laboratory Studies, Consumer Surveys and Public Health

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In the Americas, mean energy intake from added sugar exceeds recent World Health Organization recommendations for free sugars in the diet. As a leading contributor to this excess, sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) overconsumption represents a risk for the population's health. This article provides an overview of clinical and epidemiological evidence, marketing practices, corporate influence and prevention strategies related to added sugar and SSB. For each aspect of this multidimensional profile, we briefly compare SSB to the case of tobacco pointing to similarities but also major differences. Tobacco control has demonstrated the effectiveness of long term multifaceted prevention strategies in multiple settings supported by strong public policies which may be applied to the consumption of SSB. However, translating these policies to the specific case of SSB is urgently needed, to inform preventive actions, decide which intervention mix will be used, and evaluate the process and impact of the chosen strategy.

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The Interplay of Public Health Law and Industry Self-Regulation: The Case of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Sales in Schools

Cited by 78 publications

References 24 publications

Snacks, Sweetened Beverages, Added Sugars, and Schools

Snacks, Sweetened Beverages, Added Sugars, and Schools

Advanced policy options to regulate sugar-sweetened beverages to support public health

Is Sugar the new Tobacco? Insights from Laboratory Studies, Consumer Surveys and Public Health

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