Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes and Population Health Outcomes

Jennifer Falbe¹, Anna H Grummon², James W Krieger^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis.
² Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Healthy Food America, Seattle, Washington.
⁴ University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle.

Editorial

Jennifer Falbe et al. JAMA Pediatr. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 1;176(2):129-131.

doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.5051.

Jennifer Falbe¹, Anna H Grummon², James W Krieger^{3

4}

¹ Department of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis.
² Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Healthy Food America, Seattle, Washington.
⁴ University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle.

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Comment on

Changes in Weight-Related Outcomes Among Adolescents Following Consumer Price Increases of Taxed Sugar-Sweetened Beverages.
Gracner T, Marquez-Padilla F, Hernandez-Cortes D. Gracner T, et al. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Feb 1;176(2):150-158. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.5044. JAMA Pediatr. 2022. PMID: 34902003 Free PMC article.

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