The Public Health and Economic Benefits of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

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Authors

Kelly D. Brownell · Yale University

Thomas A. Farley · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Walter C. Willett · Harvard University

Barry M. Popkin · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Frank J. Chaloupka · University of Illinois Chicago

Joseph W. Thompson · University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

David S. Ludwig

Abstract

Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages has increased in recent decades; evidence suggests that consumption of these beverages contributes to obesity and adverse health outcomes. The authors discuss the potential public health and economic benefits of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages.

Topics & Keywords

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Diet, Metabolism, and Disease Nutritional Studies and Diet

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 361, Issue 16, pp. 1599-1605

DOI: 10.1056/nejmhpr0905723

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