Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes Are a Sweet Deal: Improve Health, Save Money, Reduce Disparities, and Raise Revenue

Employment impact of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes.

OBJECTIVES We assessed the impact of sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes on net employment. METHODS We used a macroeconomic simulation model to assess the employment impact of a 20% SSB tax accounting for changes in SSB demand, substitution to non-SSBs, income effects, and government expenditures of tax revenues for Illinois and California in 2012. RESULTS We found increased employment of ...

Estimating the potential of taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages to reduce consumption and generate revenue.

OBJECTIVE Beverage taxes came into light with increasing concerns about obesity, particularly among youth. Sugar-sweetened beverages have become a target of anti-obesity initiatives with increasing evidence of their link to obesity. Our paper offers a method for estimating revenues from an excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages that governments of various levels could direct towards obesity pr...

Are sugar-sweetened beverage taxes a cost-effective means of reducing weight?

The Association of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake During Infancy With Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake

OBJECTIVES: To examine whether sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake during infancy predicts SSB intake at 6 years of age. METHODS: A longitudinal cohort analysis of 1333 US children was conducted by using data from the 2005–2007 Infant Feeding Practices Study II and the 2012 Follow-Up Study at 6 years of age. The exposure variables were maternal-reported SSB intakes during infancy. The outcome...

Sugar-Sweetened Beverage and Vascular Function

Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are some of the most commonly consumed beverages around the world. Sweeteners used in these beverages include sucrose, fruit juices, and high fructose corn syrup. Increased consumption of these beverages has been causally linked to obesity, diabetes mellitus/metabolic syndrome, hypertension, gout, and cardiovascular disease. On the basis of a comparative risk an...