Our teens are heavily influenced by social media and are seeking ways to achieve unrealistic standards of beauty, including taking poorly regulated weight loss and muscle-building supplements that can have serious health consequences, ranging from exacerbation of eating disorders, to liver damage, to deadly heart attacks.
I am pleased to share that on Thursday, March 10, my bill to prohibit the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and dietary supplements for weight loss and muscle-building to children under 18 was passed in the Senate. Its Assembly counterpart, sponsored by Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, passed in January. The next step for this legislation to become a law is for it to be delivered to Governor Kathy Hochul.
New York State Senator Shelley Mayer
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