Serving Up Alcohol
UPDATE: Read "The Standard Drink: Does Anybody Know What It Is? Does Anybody Care?" by Dr. Barbara Moore, president of Shape Up America! This article has been published in the March/April 2010 issue of Nutrition Today.
A coalition of public interest groups has called on Congress and the Obama Administration to overturn decades of inattention to the nation's alcohol policies by finally issuing a useful final regulation to require standardized labeling information on beer, wine and distilled spirits products and providing the government resources needed to address such pressing problems as underage drinking, binge drinking, and drunk driving. For more information:
— Meeting at the Treasury Department
— Alcohol Awareness Policy (PDF)
— Press release (PDF)
— Alcohol Facts Poster (PDF)
— Alcohol Labeling Survey (PDF)
— Newspaper Ad (PDF)
— Dr. Koop Speaks Out (video)
