Why do health professionals need to know about the nutrition and health claims regulation? Summary of an Academy of Nutrition Sciences' Position Paper.

Claims about the nutritional and health benefits of foods and drinks crop up all over the place. But are all claims authorised, thereby based on robust scientific evidence, and compliant with legislation? For example, such claims cannot be associated with alcoholic drinks (Advertising Standards Authority, 2022). And what regulatory processes exist to protect the public? The regulation of nutrition claims and health claims is the subject of a new Position Paper from the Academy of Nutrition Sciences (Ashwell et al., 2022). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.