Higher sweet beverage tax shows null result in lowing Philadelphia youth obesity

Higher sweet beverage tax shows null result in lowing Philadelphia youth obesity

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found no significant changes in pediatric weight outcomes two years after implementing the Philadelphia beverage tax. The study assessed whether the 2017 tax on sweetened beverages influenced standardized body mass index (zBMI) and obesity prevalence among youth.

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