Should we tax sugar-sweetened beverages? An overview of theory and evidence

H Allcott, BB Lockwood, D Taubinsky - Journal of Economic …, 2019 - aeaweb.org
Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages are growing in popularity and have generated an
active public debate. Are they a good idea? If so, how high should they be? Are such taxes …

Food consumption and its impact on cardiovascular disease: importance of solutions focused on the globalized food system: a report from the workshop convened by …

SS Anand, C Hawkes, RJ De Souza, A Mente… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - jacc.org
Major scholars in the field, on the basis of a 3-day consensus, created an in-depth review of
current knowledge on the role of diet in cardiovascular disease (CVD), the changing global …

Sugar-sweetened beverages and risk of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis

VS Malik, BM Popkin, GA Bray, JP Després… - Diabetes …, 2010 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), which include soft drinks,
fruit drinks, iced tea, and energy and vitamin water drinks has risen across the globe …

Sugar-sweetened beverages, obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease risk

VS Malik, BM Popkin, GA Bray, JP Després, FB Hu - Circulation, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Obesity has recently emerged as a major global health problem. According to World Health
Organization estimates, 1.6 billion adults worldwide were overweight (body mass index …

Sugar-sweetened beverages and risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes: epidemiologic evidence

FB Hu, VS Malik - Physiology & behavior, 2010 - Elsevier
In recent decades, temporal patterns in SSB intake have shown a close parallel between the
upsurge in obesity and rising levels of SSB consumption. SSBs are beverages that contain …

Sugar-sweetened beverages, weight gain, and incidence of type 2 diabetes in young and middle-aged women

MB Schulze, JAE Manson, DS Ludwig, GA Colditz… - Jama, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
ContextSugar-sweetened beverages like soft drinks and fruit punches contain large
amounts of readily absorbable sugars and may contribute to weight gain and an increased …

[HTML][HTML] Sweetened beverage consumption and risk of coronary heart disease in women

TT Fung, V Malik, KM Rexrode, JAE Manson… - The American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Background: Previous studies have linked full-calorie sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs)
with greater weight gain and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Objective: We …

Sweeteners and risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes: the role of sugar-sweetened beverages

VS Malik, FB Hu - Current diabetes reports, 2012 - Springer
Temporal patterns over the past three to four decades have shown a close parallel between
the rise in added sugar intake and the global obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) epidemics …

[HTML][HTML] Consumption of artificially and sugar-sweetened beverages and incident type 2 diabetes in the Etude Epidemiologique aupres des femmes de la Mutuelle …

G Fagherazzi, A Vilier, DS Sartorelli, M Lajous… - The American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background: It has been extensively shown, mainly in US populations, that sugar-
sweetened beverages (SSBs) are associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) …

Added fructose: a principal driver of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its consequences

JJ DiNicolantonio, JH O'Keefe, SC Lucan - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2015 - Elsevier
Data from animal experiments and human studies implicate added sugars (eg, sucrose and
high-fructose corn syrup) in the development of diabetes mellitus and related metabolic …