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A healthy vending policy gives a school district the opportunity to control the array of products sold or advertised to students while generating much-needed revenue from the agreement. This model will help a school district...
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Fact Sheet
From sugary drink ads on vending machines to fast food logos on book covers and stadium scoreboards, marketing for unhealthy foods is a frequent sight in schools. Research shows that, despite common misperceptions, these marketing...
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet answers common questions about the Model Healthy Food Zone Ordinance , which ChangeLab Solutions developed to help communities limit children’s access to the kinds of foods most likely to contribute to childhood...
Model Legal Document
The National Parent Teacher Association (PTA), a nonprofit volunteer organization, advocates for the education and well-being of children across the nation. State chapters of the PTA, like the National PTA, often take policy positions in...
Fact Sheet
Adverse health effects from the consumption of energy drinks by children, adolescents, and young adults is a growing source of concern. State and local governments and non-governmental organizations can play an important role by raising...
Fact Sheet
In a twenty-year period, obesity rates among U.S. infants, toddlers, and preschool aged children have approximately doubled. In 2007-2008, a nationally representative survey found that roughly 10 percent of infants to two years of age...
Fact Sheet
Access to stores and markets offer healthy food is vital to the health of any community, but low-income communities and communities of color suffer disproportionately from poor access to quality, nutritious food. Recognizing this, government...
Model Legal Document
Public opinion polling suggests that Americans would like to know more about the foods and beverages they eat and drink. And as more research links sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption to obesity and chronic disease, communities...
Fact Sheet
When it comes to improving health outcomes, rural communities are uniquely positioned to effect change. Residents of rural areas develop tight-knit social networks, can more easily access and work with local leaders, and are often...
Model Legal Document
Many studies have demonstrated a link between chronic diseases and the consumption of sodas and other sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). States can help reduce the amount of sugar-sweetened beverages consumed while generating funds for health programs...
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Requiring safety warnings on sugary drinks to inform consumers of the harmful health impact of consuming those products is an emerging policy strategy that has potential to change the prevalence of chronic and preventable diseases...
Model Legal Document
Fast food restaurants spend millions of dollars to attract young consumers. Toys and other giveaways packaged with meals are a major marketing tactic: in 2009, fast food restaurants sold more than 1 billion meals with...
Model Legal Document
Our model obesity prevention resolution is designed to help communities implement policies to address the obesity epidemic by improving physical activity environments, healthy food access, and disparities in their community. This resolution also assists communities...
Fact Sheet
Our model obesity prevention resolution is designed to help communities implement policies to address the obesity epidemic. This fact sheet addresses the question, "Why Adopt an Obesity Prevention Resolution?" and explains how the resolution works...
Fact Sheet
Two counties in California, Santa Clara and San Francisco, recently became the first jurisdictions in the nation to enact legislation breaking the link between toys and unhealthy restaurant meals. Now localities and states around the...
Legal Memo
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) requires the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to set nutrition standards for all foods sold on school campuses at any time during the day – not only in cafeterias...
Fact Sheet
Communities are considering a variety of strategies to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in their communities by regulating how beverages are sold and offered by retailers. This series of fact sheets outlines some...
Model Legal Document
Many communities require businesses that sell harmful products like tobacco and alcohol to adhere to specific conditions of operation, and require a special license to operate. Many of those communities also prohibit these businesses from...
Model Legal Document
There are a variety of potential strategies to reduce the prevalence of SSBs in stores and restaurants, where SSBs are ubiquitous, extremely cheap, and available in massive portion sizes. ChangeLab Solutions developed this Model Ordinance...
Model Legal Document
Taxes and regulatory fees can raise the price of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) relative to healthier options, and can further benefit the community when the tax revenue is earmarked for obesity prevention, oral health, and other...