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Philadelphia’s beverage tax on sugary drinks was not associated with changes in pediatric weight outcomes 2 years after it took effect, researchers found. Among 2- to 18-year-olds with BMI measured both before and after the $0.015/oz tax was implemented in 2017 on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and artificially sweetened beverages, standardized body mass index (zBMI) dropped […]

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Publish date : 2024-11-25 18:18:48

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