Association of a Sweetened Beverage Tax With Soda Consumption in High School Students.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Sweetened beverage taxes are one policy approach to reduce intake of added sugars. Soda is the leading source of added sugars in the US diet, but few studies have examined how such taxes influence sweetened beverage intake in youth.

Objective

To estimate the association between the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, beverage tax and adolescent soda intake.

Design, setting, and participants

This economic evaluation of school district-level Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System data from September 2013 to December 2019 compared weekly soda intake in high school students in Philadelphia, a city with a sweetened beverage tax, with that in 7 comparison cities without beverage taxes. Difference-in-differences regression modeling was used to estimate change in soda int

SUBMITTER: Edmondson EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8524354 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature