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The prevalence of obesity among US children raises numerous health concerns. One pathway to reduce childhood obesity is by decreasing energy intake through the ingestion of fewer calories. Yet, food and beverage manufacturers often promote energy-dense items for children via varied health claims. Deceptive health claims are prohibited, and may be addressed through litigation or governmental regulatory efforts. While the amount of legal action against these potentially deceptive claims has increased, no comprehensive assessment has been conducted. This article, which analyzes litigation and governmental regulatory activities, considers key factors that may influence decisions to take legal action against potentially deceptive health claims on foods and beverages, including scientific support, forum selection, selection of plaintiffs, and potential public health impact.

The prevalence of obesity among US children raises numerous health concerns. One pathway to reduce childhood obesity is by decreasing energy intake through the ingestion of fewer calories. Yet, food and beverage manufacturers often promote energydense items for children via varied health claims. Deceptive health claims are prohibited, and may be addressed through litigation or governmental regulatory efforts. While the amount of legal action against these potentially deceptive claims has increased, no comprehensive assessment has been conducted. This article, which analyzes litigation and governmental regulatory activities, considers key factors that may influence decisions to take legal action against potentially deceptive health claims on foods and beverages, including scientific support, forum selection, selection of plaintiffs, and potential public health impact.

(Check out an exclusive premiere stream below.) Singer-songwriter-guitarist Bill Janovitz, singer-songwriter-bassist Chris Colbourn and songwriter-drummer Tom Maginnis come to the Teragram Ballroom on Saturday for two sets, including one of the band playing “Let Me Come Over” in its entirety. While “Let Me Come Over” may not have reached those lofty, generation-shifting heights, Buffalo Tom, born out of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, did enjoy a creditable wave of success in the alt-rock boom of the ’90s, a particularly fertile time for Boston and New England-bred artists like the Pixies, the Lemonheads, Juliana Hatfield, Letters to Cleo, Throwing Muses, Belly and more. “Because I have bands I'm really passionate about, sometimes it takes me by surprise when I open up Spotify or something and then it's like, ‘There's a Teenage Fanclub record.’”