Abstract Purpose of Review This review will present the latest evidence on the impacts of
sugar taxes on obesity with a focus on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). Recent Findings …

Background Excess intake of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been shown to result
in weight gain. To address the growing epidemic of obesity, one option is to combine …

Obesity is a major public health issue in Canada that is reaching historically high levels in
spite of efforts, targeted primarily at individual behaviour, to promote changes in diet and …

Little progress has been made in reducing deaths from chronic noncommunicable diseases
associated with being overweight or obese worldwide, prompting the World Health …

Obesity is a global problem. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) are a leading contributor of
added sugars in individual diets and thus to obesity. Governments have considered taxing …

This article examines the policy change process that resulted in the current sugar-
sweetened beverages taxes in Mexico and Chile, using the Kaleidoscope Model for Policy …

Objective Beverage taxes came into light with increasing concerns about obesity,
particularly among youth. Sugar-sweetened beverages have become a target of anti-obesity …

Background The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), which can lead to
weight gain, is rising in middle-income countries (MICs). Taxing SSBs may help address this …

The contemporary American food environment makes energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods
and beverages the “default” option for most consumers. Economic interventions like taxes …

ObjectiveTo estimate changes in taxed and untaxed beverages by volume of beverage
purchased after a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax was introduced in 2014 in Mexico …