City-Level Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes and Changes in Adult Body Mass Index.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) excise taxes are popular policy interventions aimed at decreasing SSB purchasing and consumption to improve cardiometabolic health and generate revenue for public health initiatives. There is limited evidence that these taxes in the US are associated with weight-related outcomes in adults, a primary contributor to cardiometabolic health.

Objective

To determine the association between SSB excise taxes and adult body mass index (BMI) and proportion of adults with overweight or obesity among California cities and assess whether associations vary by demographic characteristics.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study compared California cities with SSB taxes (Albany, Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco) and demographi

SUBMITTER: Liu EF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11762258 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature