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Soda Taxes, Soft Drink Consumption, And Children’s Body Mass Index

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 small taxes are likely to change consumption and weight gain or whether larger tax increases would be needed. We find that exist...

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Main Authors: Sturm, Roland, Powell, Lisa M., Chriqui, Jamie F., Chaloupka, Frank J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2864626/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20360173
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0061
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