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Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD, MPhil, Jennifer Pomeranz, JD, MPH and Patricia Moran, JD, MPH

At the time of the study, all authors were with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

Correspondence: Reprint requests should be sent to Michelle Mello, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 (e-mail: mmello{at}hsph.harvard.edu).

ABSTRACT

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.

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