CAN SOFT DRINK TAXES REDUCE POPULATION WEIGHT?

Can Soft Drink Taxes Reduce Population Weight?

Soft drink consumption has been hypothesized as one of the major factors in the growing rates of obesity in the US. Nearly two-thirds of all states currently tax soft drinks using excise taxes, sales taxes, or special exemptions to food exemptions from sales taxes to reduce consumption of this product, raise revenue, and improve public health. In this paper, we evaluate the impact of changes in...

Can Progressive State Taxes Reduce Inequality

Can Progressive State Taxes Reduce Inequality? Andrew Leigh Economics Division Research School of Social Sciences Australian National University [email protected] www.andrewleigh.com October 2004 Can income taxes levied at a state or regional level affect the distribution of gross incomes? Or will workers merely move between regions, causing pre-tax wages to adjust? This question is relev...

Dental plaque pH variation with regular soft drink, diet soft drink and high energy drink: an in vivo study.

BACKGROUND A high incidence of dental caries and dental erosion associated with frequent consumption of soft drinks has been reported. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pH response of dental plaque to a regular, diet and high energy drink. METHODOLOGY Twenty subjects were recruited for this study. All subjects were between the ages of 20 and 25 and had at least four restored tooth...

Shaking weight loss away - Can vibration exercise reduce body fat?

Cochrane D. Shaking weight loss away Can vibration exercise reduce body fat? J. Hum. Sport Exerc. Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 33-39, 2011. An exercise modality that requires little time and physical exertion whilst providing the benefits of increased force, power, balance, flexibility, and weight loss would appeal to most people that may be at risk from an imbalanced lifestyle. One such exercise modalit...

Review: soft drink consumption is associated with increased energy intake and body weight.