Taxing caloric sweetened beverages : potential effects on beverage consumption, calorie intake, and obesity / Travis A. Smith, Biing-Hwan Lin, Jonq-Ying Lee.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Smith, Travis A.

Contributor:

Lin, Biing-Hwan

Lee, Jonq-Ying

United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service

Series:

Economic research report (United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service) ; no. 100.

Economic research report ; no. 100

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carbonated beverages--Taxation--United States.

Carbonated beverages.

Soft drinks--Taxation--United States.

Soft drinks.

Carbonated Beverages.

Taxes--legislation & jurisprudence.

United States.

Carbonated beverages--Taxation.

Medical Subjects:

Carbonated Beverages.

Taxes--legislation & jurisprudence.

United States.

Genre:

Statistics

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 25 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, [2010]

Summary:

The link between high U.S. obesity rates and the overconsumption of added sugars, largely from sodas and fruit drinks, has prompted public calls for a tax on caloric sweetened beverages. Faced with such a tax, consumers may reduce consumption of these sweetened beverages and substitute nontaxed beverages, such as bottled water, juice, and milk. This study estimated that a tax-induced 20-percent price increase on caloric sweetened beverages could cause an average reduction of 37 calories per day, or 3.8 pounds of body weight over a year, for adults and an average of 43 calories per day, or 4.5 pounds over a year, for children. Given these reductions in calorie consumption, results show an estimated decline in adult overweight prevalence (66.9 to 62.4 percent) and obesity prevalence (33.4 to 30.4 percent), as well as the child at-risk-for-overweight prevalence (32.3 to 27.0 percent) and the overweight prevalence (16.6 to 13.7 percent). Actual impacts would depend on many factors, including how the tax is reflected in consumer prices and the competitive strategies of beverage manufacturers and food retailers.

Contents:

Summary

Background

Trends in U.S. Beverage Consumption, 1977-2006

Consumption of Added Sugars by the American Population

Potential Tax-Induced Changes in Calorie Intake From Beverages

What Happens to Overweight and Obesity Prevalence?

Discussion

References

Appendix 1: State Beverage Taxes

Appendix 2: Beverage Demand Model.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on November 12, 2010).

"July 2010."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-20).

OCLC:

680769928