Sentences with phrase «drink taxes fail»
Global examples have shown that soft drink taxes fail to have a meaningful impact on obesity rates and ultimately serve as a Band - Aid solution to a complex public health issue, which first and foremost requires access to adequate nutrition education and health care.
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A study conducted by Mexican econometricians and researchers of the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) on the impact of the tax on drinks with added sugars found that the measure failed in reducing calorie consumption and tackling overweight and obesity.
Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Bloomberg, who tried — and failed — to ban over-sized sodas in the Big Apple, and provided millions of dollars to support successful soda - tax initiatives in Mexico and Berkeley, Calif., is now backing a campaign to pass a sugary - drinks tax in Philadelphia.
We know that the fat tax in Denmark failed, we know that the tax on sugary drinks in France has had no impact, so we would have to investigate very carefully what impact a sugar tax here could have.