Eric Crampton • Mar 02, 2017 •
A couple more important points on the Mexican soda tax, which I discussed in relation to a recent report on sugar taxes in New Zealand. First from the comments on Tuesday’s post: Mexicans also love to drink uncarbonated sugary drinks, like horchata, and drink more of those now carbonated beverages are more dear. Much of that market doesn’t go … Read More
Public Health Expert • Feb 28, 2017 •
By Professors Tony Blakely, Nick Wilson, Boyd Swinburn and Cliona Ni Mhurchu The Government has an action plan to tackle childhood obesity, but it lacks a tax on sugary drinks – a strategy for which there is good evidence. A new Treasury Report on soft drink tax price elasticities has just emerged. It has the look of a strategically published … Read More
Eric Crampton • Feb 16, 2017 •
A new paper suggests strong public health benefits from junk food taxes in Australia. Blogging has been light as I’ve too much on deck in the day-job currently, but since a few people have emailed me asking about this one, I might as well put here what I’ve told them. The effects found in the paper depend on how … Read More
Public Health Expert • Dec 16, 2016 •
By Prof Tony Blakely, Prof Nick Wilson, Dr Cristina Cleghorn, Dr Linda Cobiac A study published today finds that the UK soft drink levy being introduced in 2017 is likely to benefit health (reduced obesity, diabetes and dental caries) – when considering a range of different Drinks Industry responses. In this Blog we comment on these results and the … Read More
Eric Crampton • Jan 11, 2016 •
Ok, maybe not.* But I’ve been having to read through some of the studies on the effects of Mexico’s soda tax. Chris Snowdon points to a new one in the BMJ. They run a panel fixed effect analysis using Nielson household consumption data looking to see whether consumption of taxed and untaxed beverages changed after the imposition of … Read More
Jim McVeagh • Dec 27, 2011 •
New Zealand is, apparently, the third fattest nation in the world according to OECD statistics. Yet fighting the obesity “epidemic” is not rocket science. Apart from the very few people who have some serious metabolic disorder, all that causes obesity is taking in more calories than you burn up. Yes, it is rather more complicated [...] Related posts: … Read More