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The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) released a new study on retail stores’ promotion of candy, soda, and other unhealthy foods at checkout. The study, “Sugar Overload: Retail Checkout Promotes Obesity,” found that a wide array of chain stores—ranging from supermarkets and drug stores to hardware and toy stores—push sugary and salty junk food on people as they wait in line.
The study recommends that non-food stores stop selling food and drinks at checkout and that food stores adopt nutrition standards for the foods they sell at checkout.
Click here to learn more and to download the one-page summary or the full report.
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