The Working Group believes that, in addition to making a meaningful contribution to the diet, foods marketed to children should also be those with minimal quantities of nutrients that could have a negative impact on health and weight. Nutrition Principle B therefore proposes targets for limiting the amount of sodium, saturated fat, trans fat, and added sugars. In selecting the four specific nutrients, the Working Group is again drawing from recommendations from the 2010 DGA. The Working Group’s focus is on the nutrients that play a significant negative role in children’s diets either by increasing the risk of childhood obesity or the risk of.
