The Interplay of Public Health Law and Industry Self-Regulation

The Case of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Sales in Schools

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11035820
AutoresMichelle M Mello (0000-0003-2877-4270, At the time of the study, all authors were with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.), Jennifer L Pomeranz (0009-0008-6949-763X, Massachusetts Department of Public Health), Jennifer Pomeranz (At the time of the study, all authors were with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.), Patricia Moran (0000-0003-4476-569X, At the time of the study, all authors were with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.)
Año2008
Volumen98
Número4
Páginas595-604
Fecha de publicación2008-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2006.107680
PMID17901427
PMCIDPMC2376983
OpenAlexW2093079990
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas20

It is increasingly recognized that sugar-sweetened beverage consumption contributes to childhood obesity. Most states have adopted laws that regulate the availability of sugar-sweetened beverages in school settings. However, such policies have encountered resistance from consumer and parent groups, as well as the beverage industry. The beverage industry’s recent adoption of voluntary guidelines, which call for the curtailment of sugar-sweetened beverage sales in schools, raises the question, Is further policy intervention in this area needed, and if so, what form should it take? We examine the interplay of public and private regulation of sugar-sweetened beverage sales in schools, by drawing on a 50-state legal and regulatory analysis and a review of industry self-regulation initiatives

Beverage industry · Business · Childhood obesity · Consumption (sociology) · Environmental health · Intervention (counseling) · Obesity · Overweight · Public health · Sociology · Sugar · Food Science · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Marketing · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet