The study found “limited evidence” that BMIs and the prevalence of obesity decreased in the city three years after the implementation of the 2017 tax, its authors wrote.
A sweetened beverage tax sign is posted by bottles of drinks at a supermarket in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia in this 2018 photo. A new study from University of Pennsylvania researchers found the tax did impact residents' health.researcher Christina Roberto set out to study Philadelphia’s soda tax, she wasn’t convinced she would find much health impact.
. Philadelphia’s soda tax, the first in a major American city, aims to curb sales by adding 1.5 cents per ounce to distributors’ costs for sodas, energy drinks, mixers, and other sugary beverages. The increased costs are mostly passed on to consumers who are charged higher prices. The tax, which is sent to the city’s general fund, partially funds pre-kindergarten education and improvements to parks and community centers.
Roberto’s study looked at electronic health records from Penn Medicine, comparing Penn patients from Philadelphia and the city’s collar counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where beverage taxes were not implemented. “To me, this policy is a clear no-brainer. We know from lots of data that sugary drinks aren’t good for our health, and we tax other things, like tobacco, that we know are not good for our health,” she said. “Even if we didn’t see a BMI effect, getting people to drink fewer sugary drinks is a good thing.”
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