Associations between State-level Soda Taxes and Adolescent Body Mass Index

Powell, Lisa M.; Chriqui, Jamie F.; Chaloupka, Frank J.

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.003

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“…It may seem in light of the analysis here that such policies would have limited effect, and indeed existing evidence suggests that taxes have so far had a very modest effect on consumption (80,81,92). Yet just because falling food prices have not caused the increase in obesity does not mean that a tax on obesogenic foods could not help reverse the trend.…”

Section: Taxes As Cultural Interventionmentioning

confidence: 74%

Using Marketing Muscle to Sell Fat: The Rise of Obesity in the Modern Economy

Zimmerman

2011

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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The large increase in obesity in the past 30 years has often been explained in rational choice terms; for example, a decline in food prices has engendered greater food consumption. On closer examination, this kind of explanation does not fit the facts of the current obesity epidemic. Instead, an unprecedented expansion in the scope, power, and ubiquity of food marketing has coincided with an unprecedented expansion in food consumption in predictable ways.Ongoing protestations that the causes of the recent increase in obesity are unknown may overstate the case. Ample evidence indicates that the obesity epidemic is, at least to a large degree, the result of increased marketing power over the American diet. Only by reigning in or countering marketing power can rationality be restored to the dietary choices of Americans.

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Section: Taxes As Cultural Interventionmentioning

confidence: 74%

Using Marketing Muscle to Sell Fat: The Rise of Obesity in the Modern Economy

Zimmerman

2011

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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“…While environmental effects are generally small, state and local level price effects can impact adolescent weight [24][25][26]. Income/poverty ratio compares the gross household income to the federal poverty level in the previous year, taking household size into account.…”

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Adolescent BMI growth: The of role biological and non-biological mothers

Jacobs¹

2018

Health Prim Car

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Objectives: Mothers play a pivotal role in adolescent development, but do the impacts of biological and non-biological mothers differ? Using two different model specifications, this study evaluates the correlation between biological/non-biological mothers and body mass index (BMI) growth and tests for changes in these correlations as adolescents age into young adults. Growth trajectory estimation projects growth differences among respondents with/without a biological mother. Methods:Using 15 years of longitudinal data, analysis explores the correlation between maternal status and BMI growth with both simple and generalized models. The sample is then divided into adolescents and young adults and re-estimated to explore differences in the two groups. Finally, projected BMI trajectories test for variation in BMI growth for respondents with/without a biological mother. Results:Results suggest that race/ethnicity and age are highly correlated with BMI. Maternal and respondent are directly, but not proportionally related. The impact of non-biological mothers is much smaller than that biological mothers particularly at older ages. BMI trajectories reveal distinctly different growth for males and females and their maternal relationship. Conclusion:Analysis suggests large racial/ethnic and gender differences in BMI growth. Maternal BMI is highly correlated with adolescents' BMI growth irrespective of the mothers' biological status, but the strength of the relationship varies by age and model specification. The presence of a biological mother in the household shapes the BMI trajectory differently for males and females.

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“…For those states that have a dedicated soda tax, the mean dedicated tax, not including sales taxes generally applied to all food items, was between 1.5% to 2.3% from 1989 to 2006 (37). These small tax rates have been associated with little to no difference in SSB consumption or BMI, when comparing states with to those without taxes (37)(38)(39)(40)(41). If a tax was seen as more effective in improving health, such as what could likely be achieved with a larger tax, public opinion may shift.…”

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Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Not a “Holy Grail” but a Cup at Least HalfComment on “Food Taxes: A New Holy Grail?”

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2013

Int J Health Policy Manag

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In this commentary, we argue for the implementation of a sugarsweetened beverage (SSB) tax as a tool to help address the global obesity and diabetes epidemics. Consumption of SSBs has increased exponentially over the last several decades, a trend that has been an important contributor to the obesity and diabetes epidemics. Prior evidence demonstrates that a SSB tax will likely decrease SSB consumption without significantly increasing consumption of other unhealthy food or beverages. Further, this tax is unlikely to have effects on income inequality and should not contribute to weight-based discrimination. A SSB tax also should raise revenue for government entities that already pay, through health care expenditures and health programs, for the consequences of excess SSB consumption.

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Associations between State-level Soda Taxes and Adolescent Body Mass Index

Cited by 117 publications

References 26 publications

Using Marketing Muscle to Sell Fat: The Rise of Obesity in the Modern Economy

Using Marketing Muscle to Sell Fat: The Rise of Obesity in the Modern Economy

Adolescent BMI growth: The of role biological and non-biological mothers

Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Not a “Holy Grail” but a Cup at Least HalfComment on “Food Taxes: A New Holy Grail?”

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