Journal article
Taxing Soft Drinks And Restricting Access To Vending Machines To Curb Child Obesity
Health affairs (Millwood, Va.), Vol.29(5), pp.1059-1066
05/01/2010
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0725
PMID: 20360172
Abstract
One of the largest drivers of the current obesity epidemic is thought to be excessive consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. Some have proposed vending machine restrictions and taxing soft drinks to curb children's consumption of soft drinks; to a large extent, these policies have not been evaluated empirically. We examine these policies using two nationally representative data sets and find no evidence that, as currently practiced, either is effective at reducing children's weight. We conclude by outlining changes that may increase their effectiveness, such as implementing comprehensive restrictions on access to soft drinks in schools and imposing higher tax rates than are currently in place in many jurisdictions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Taxing Soft Drinks And Restricting Access To Vending Machines To Curb Child Obesity
- Creators
- Jason M. Fletcher - Yale UniversityDavid Frisvold - Emory UniversityNathan Tefft - Bates College
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health affairs (Millwood, Va.), Vol.29(5), pp.1059-1066
- Publisher
- Project Hope
- DOI
- 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0725
- PMID
- 20360172
- ISSN
- 0278-2715
- eISSN
- 2694-233X
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Emory Global Health Institute
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Economics; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984283722402771
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