Tag: SSB
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Appeals Court Rejects NYC Size Limits on Sugary Drinks; Mayor Plans Appeal
Applying separation-of-power principles that defeated a state administrative body’s effort to regulate smoking in public places, Boreali v. Axelrod, 71 N.Y.2d 1 (N.Y. 1987), a New York appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling invalidating the “Portion Cap Rule” promulgated by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (Department). In re…
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AMA Votes to Define Obesity as Disease, Ban Energy Drink Marketing to Children and End SNAP Eligibility for Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates has formally adopted three new resolutions at its 2013 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, that aim to define obesity as a disease, prohibit the marketing of energy drinks to adolescents younger than age 18, and end the eligibility of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
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APHA’s Annual Meeting to Include Sessions on Food Taxation, Labeling, Marketing, and Legal Strategies
The American Public Health Association’s 141st annual meeting and exposition is slated for November 2-6, 2013, in Boston, Massachusetts. Expected to attract more than 13,000 physicians, researchers, epidemiologists, and related health specialists, and featuring a myriad of presentations, the meeting will include a session on “Regulating for the Public’s Health: Food and Beverages, Drugs, and Emerging…
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Allegedly Linked to Increased Kidney Stone Risk
A recent study purportedly concluded that consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with a higher risk of kidney stone formation while consumption of other beverages such as coffee, tea, beer, and wine, is associated with a lower risk. Pietro Manuel Ferraro, et al., “Soda and Other Beverages and the Risk of Kidney Stones,” Clinical Journal…
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Clears First Hurdle in California Legislature
The California State Senate Committee on Governance and Finance has reportedly passed legislation (S.B. 622) that would impose a 1-cent per fluid ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages such as soft drinks, energy drinks, sweet teas, and sports drinks. Sponsored by Sen. Bill Monning (D-Carmel) and passed in a 5-2 vote, the measure aims to generate…
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Hispanic Institute Criticizes Food and Beverage Industry in New Report
The Hispanic Institute has published a report advocating regulation of sugary drinks and processed foods to “help reduce alarmingly high rates of obesity among Hispanics.” Titled “Obesity: Hispanic America’s Big Challenge,” the report claims that 40.4 percent of Mexican Americans and 39.1 percent of Hispanics overall are obese, raising concerns about the rising health care…
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A recent study has reportedly claimed that “restricting larger-sized drinks may have the unintended consequence of increasing soda consumption rather than decreasing it.” Brent Wilson, et al., “Regulating the Way to Obesity: Unintended Consequences of Limiting Sugary Drink Sizes,” PLoS One, April 2013. Researchers apparently conducted a behavioral simulation in which 100 University of California,…
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Advocacy Groups Urge Retailers to Consider Placement and Advertising of “Sugar” Drinks
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), other advocacy groups and local public health officials have sent letters to the CEOs of supermarkets and pharmacies urging them to “encourage customers to purchase healthier, no- and low-calorie drinks in place of higher calorie sugar drinks to improve customers’ health, as well as boost [their]…