Examining Compliance with a Statewide Law Banning Junk Food and Beverage Marketing in Maine Schools

March 1, 2012 | Journal Article

In this study, Polacsek et al. present a simple yet elegant evaluation of Maine's law to limit the marketing of foods of minimal nutritional value (FMNV) in public school settings. In 2007, Maine became the first state to pass legislation limiting the marketing of FMNVs on public school campuses (grades K–12).