Taxes and subsidies are increasingly being considered as potential policy instruments to
incentivize consumers to improve their food and beverage consumption patterns and related …

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 …

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 …

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

Childhood and adolescent obesity is associated with serious adverse lifetime health
consequences and its prevalence has increased rapidly. Soft drink consumption has also …

Background Food pricing strategies have been proposed to encourage healthy eating
habits, which may in turn help stem global increases in non-communicable diseases. This …

Background While food pricing is a promising strategy to improve diet, the prospective
impact of food pricing on diet has not been systematically quantified. Objective To quantify …

Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages have been proposed to combat obesity. Using data
on state sales taxes for soda and individual-level data on children, we examine whether …

Taxing unhealthy foods has been proposed as a means to improve diet and health by
reducing calorie intake and raising funds to combat obesity, particularly sugar-sweetened …

Context: Pricing policies have been posited as potential policy instruments to address the
increasing prevalence of obesity. This article examines whether altering the cost of …