Diet & Nutrition

Commercial marketing in schools may discourage healthy nutrition environment for students

Published in Biotech Law Weekly, January 5th, 2007

Commercial activity permitted in schools, such as soft drink ads; the use of Channel One broadcasts in classrooms; sales incentives from soft drink bottlers; and exclusive beverage contracts may discourage a "nutrition-friendly" environment for students, said researchers.

Dr. Claudia Probart, Penn State associate professor of nutritional sciences who led the study, said, "Schools' newly created wellness policies as mandated by the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 provide ideal opportunities to examine school environments for advertising that might conflict with their goals for a healthy climate for students."

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Source: Biotech Law Weekly (2007-01-05)

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