NPR | March 4, 2015
“The guidelines are based on two meta-analyses of more than 120 scientific studies,” Sarah Roache, a fellow at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center, said in a statement.
Roache, who was not involved in the study, says, “These guidelines are a crucial tool for developing and implementing policies to address weight-gain and obesity, such as food labeling laws, restrictions on advertising foods and beverages, and restrictions on sales of unhealthy products in regulated settings like schools and hospitals.”