High Sugar Warnings on Food Service Establishment Menus
Rule status: Proposed
Agency: DOHMH
Comment by date: May 23, 2024
Rule Full Text
Ch.-39-NOI_High-Sugar-Warnings-on-Food-Service-Establishment-Menus_4-23-24.pdf
The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“the Department”) is proposing to add a new Chapter 39 (Added Sugar Warning) to Title 24 of the Rules of the City of New York, requiring food service establishments to warn consumers about menu items containing high amounts of added sugar. While the Department invites comment regarding the entire proposal, the Department is particularly seeking comments on the health outcomes included in the proposed warning statement: “Eating too many added sugars can contribute to type 2 diabetes and weight gain”.
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May 23, 2024
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Lara Sokoloff
Comment added April 24, 2024 1:58pmI would like to say that eating too much sugar does not directly cause diabetes. However, eating too much sugar from sugar sweetened beverages can cause a person to gain weight and having excess weight can lead to developing diabetes. I am a registered dietitian and see the effects of what having diabetes can have on a person every day. I work with patients who are on dialysis, and many have diabetes. The knowledge that dialysis and limb loss can be a result of having diabetes is not explained enough to people with diabetes or those at risk of getting diabetes. As a society, we need to prepare individuals for the risks that a poor diet can bring to someone. It is unfortunate that we have come to this point, but it is necessary. Warnings on certain foods are needed. It may not change a person’s decision to eat that particular food, but it may make them understand better that what you eat really does matter.
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