A study from BioMed Central Public Health simulated and reviewed the impact on health by taxing a twenty percent tax on sugary-sweetened beverages and internalizing the cost of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGEs). The tax scenarios showed consumers would be more likely to purchase more environmentally friendly meats including poultry and pork and more fruits and vegetables. However, unhealthy foods high in sugar and salt, such as cakes also resulted, not completely improving diets. In the four scenarios of models, all taxes would be passed onto consumers. Two of the tax scenarios included a sugar tax and two scenarios left the sugary tax out. Estimations showed that over 2,000 deaths could be averted, as diets would consist of reduced sugar and fat and increased ...
After recent debates in Davis about soda taxes, the City Council elected not to place a tax on the June ballot. Educational campaigns are still in motion for the city to understand the amount of sugar that is in popular sugary beverages. A recent poll sponsored by The California Endowment revealed that the majority of Californians favor safety warning labels and taxes on soda and sugary beverages. Sixty-eight percent supported taxing sugary-sweetened beverages to fund school nutrition and physical activity programs, versus thirty-one percent opposing and almost half supporting soda taxes. According to a recent article, failed efforts in over 30 other cities and states have been brought into legislation for soda tax and sugary beverage warning labels, as the beverage industry ...
A recent news article stated that children in San Marcos, Texas have higher rates of obesity and overweight rates than the rest of the state and the nation. A new model for healthier kids menus, called Best Food For Families, Infants and Toddlers (Best Food FITS) can help restaurants implement change with healthier kid's menu alternatives. Researchers from Texas State University created the model with Nutrition and Professor, Sylvia Crixell. The Students with a grant of $150,000 reached out and discussed the new model of kids menus to various restaurants, encouraging them to implement the Best Food FIT's Menu to help combat obesity. Crixell explained that removing sugary beverages from kids' diets were significant. Latinos compromise 37.8 percent of the San Marcos population. ...
As part of the Community Eligibility Provision, free breakfast is given to 40 percent of eligible kids. Not only is breakfast free or reduced price for kids eligible, but also and healthy, following the Healthy Hunger-Free kids Act of 2010. The breakfasts include whole grains, fruits and vegetables. However, chocolate milk is still being offered which, Carol Labonte, the schools food service manager disagrees with, stating that kids don't need the sugar. It's true, Latino kids consume sugary beverages more often than thier peers. Drinks like chocolate milk, and sodas have been linked to higher health risks like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Labonte still encourages kids to try new vegetables cooked in different ways, and the school works with a nutrition educator in ...
A bill referred to the Committee on Health Care and Wellness has been introduced in the Washington House of Representatives about requiring health warning labels on sugar-sweetened beverages. A recent study from Pediatrics revealed that parents are likely to be influenced by health warning labels on sugary beverages. Studies show, Latino kids are more exposed to ads directed to them about sugary beverages and unhealthy foods. Labels on beverages may help Latino mothers better understand the health risks associated with over consumption of sugary beverages. Legislative campaigns for bills requiring soda taxes or health warning labels on sugary beverages continue to be introduced across the nation. Most recently in Hawaii, a bill introduced last year requiring warning labels ...
Sugary sweetened beverages, also known as SSB's are well known now for the health risks associated with consuming them daily. Latino kid's are even more at risk for these health risks as they consume on average more soda's and sugary drinks than their white peers. Studies also show, they are also more likely to live in food desserts where junk food and soda ads are targeted directly to them daily. So if ads are directed to parents and kids, what would happen if parents were directed to warning labels? In a recent study, researchers found that parents were less likely to choose soda or juice for their child if those drinks had health warning labels. Only 40% of the parents who saw the warning labels still chose the sugary drink option compared to 53% of parents who saw a ...
A recent case study from the soda tax debates that occurred on social media in Berkeley, Calif. explore nine recommendations for sugary drink advocates to use or refer to when starting their own social media campaigns. The overview of these recommendations suggest to taylor the social media messages to audiences, work on grassroots advocacy and get support from influential voices, like-minded advocates, and more. To read about the nine specific recommendations, click ...
Soda taxes are a big part of the news in recent years, as Berkeley was the first city in the nation to pass a sugary beverage tax in 2014, obtaining 76% of the vote. A new case study by JSI and partner Berkeley Media Studies Group (BMSG), has come out that analyzes the steps that were taken by advocates to market the campaign through social media, and marketing efforts, in hopes for advocates of other cities to learn from the efforts of both city's campaigns and work toward new soda taxes in other cities around the nation. The case study suggests the grassroots movement used social media as one of the main assets to reach public health advocates and also analyzes the different pro-tax arguments used in campaign posts to help suggest how advocates can best utilize social media ...
A new study from the JAMA Pediatrics researchers have reported one way kids can loose weight is to have easy access to water and less access to unhealthy sugary beverages. The researchers took water jet machines to schools across 483 New York City schools, finding a slight but significant decrease in the children's body mass index (BMI) measurements along with a decrease in students who were overweight. Researchers found students who used water jets had a .025 reduction of BMI for boys and a .022 standardized reduction for girls. About a four to five pound weight loss for a middle schooler. The study, led by Brian Elbel a professor of Population health and Health policy at New York University School of Medicine, also removed sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened beverages as ...
