Menu Labeling
Californians Support Mandatory Menu Labeling
A Field Research poll released April 18, 2007 indicated that 84% of Californians support requiring fast-food & chain restaurants to post nutritional information on menus & menu boards, similar to SB 120. Without such information, the survey showed that consumers cannot make healthy choices when they eat out. Take the FAST FOOD QUIZ!
What's New
New Study Released
On April 29, CCPHA, PolicyLink and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research released a new study on the retail food environment and health. The study shows that people living in neighborhoods with more fast-food restaurants and convenience stores than grocery stores and produce vendors are at greater risk of being obese or having diabetes.
Resources
Factors Contributing to Childhood Obesity
Solutions to the childhood obesity epidemic must go beyond simplistic calls for people to eat better and exercise more. We must also establish public policies to eliminate soda and junk food sales at school, improve physical education, limit marketing of unhealthy products to children, improve access to healthy foods...
