What The Study Did: Philadelphia’s sweetened beverage tax was associated with a statistically significant reduction in soda consumption of 0.81 servings of soda per week two years after the tax was implemented.
Authors: Emma K. Edmondson, M.D., M.S.H.P., of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.3991)
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