New York’s move to age-restrict sales of weight loss and bodybuilding consumer health products could be a sign both of things to come in other states and of proponents looking in the wrong place to solve the problem of young consumers with eating disorders.
Supplement Industry Slams New York’s Reasons To Age-Restrict Sales, Expects Other States To Follow
Sales of supplements and OTC drugs labeled for weight loss and bodybuilding supplements in New York will be prohibited to consumers younger than 18 starting in April 2024. “Once one state does it, what you see is that other states sort of look at that,” says CRN CEO Steve Mister.