(Reuters Health) - The Food and Drug Administration's new mandatory rules r...
- The Food and Drug Administration’s new mandatory rules requiring labels on all packaged foods and drinks to indicate the presence of so-called added sugars could have substantial health and cost saving benefits in the United States over the next two decades, a new study suggests.
“Our study is the first to estimate the potential health and cost-saving benefits of the FDA’s added sugar labeling,” said study coauthor Renata Micha, a research associate professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.
Among the assumptions made in the modeling was the impact labeling would have on sugar consumption. Micha and her colleagues estimated that people would decrease added sugar intake by 6.8 percent because of the labeling. In an analysis of what would happen if companies reformulated their products as a result of the labeling, the researchers assumed an additional 8.25 percent decrease in added sugar intake.
Experts welcomed the new study for providing a window on how new labeling might impact health and healthcare costs.
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