One-year changes in sugar-sweetened beverage consumers' purchases following implementation of a beverage tax: a longitudinal quasi-experiment.

CONCLUSIONS: A sweetened beverage tax was not associated with reduced taxed beverage purchases among SSB consumers 12 mo posttax in the full sample. Both secondary analyses excluding holiday purchasing or aggregating posttax time periods found reductions in taxed beverage purchases ranging from -4.9 to -12.5 ounces per day. Larger longitudinal studies are needed to further understand tax effects. PMID: 32619214 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - July 2, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Lawman HG, Bleich SN, Yan J, Hua SV, Lowery CM, Peterhans A, LeVasseur MT, Mitra N, Gibson LA, Roberto CA Tags: Am J Clin Nutr Source Type: research