Soda Taxes: Annotated Bibliography

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Annotated Bibliography Pratt, Katherine. "A Constructive Critique Of Public Health Arguments For Antiobesity Soda Taxes And Food Taxes." Tulane Law Review 87.1 (2012): 73-140. Academic Search Complete. Web. 24 Mar. 2014. Summary: “This Article constructively critiques the two arguments that public health advocates have made in support of anti-obesity soda taxes or junk food taxes. Part II discusses and critiques the first argument, an economic externalities argument that government should tax soda or junk food to internalize the disproportionately high health care costs of obesity. Part III discusses and critiques the second argument made by public health advocates, that government should adopt anti-obesity measures to improve population-wide health. …show more content…

Also showed a research that went on looking into high sugar contained beverages A.K.A soda. About the source: • Had variety of different backing to make their stand on the issue About the author(s): “Roland Sturm is a senior economist at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. Lisa M. Powell is a research professor at the Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago. Jamie F. Chriqui is a senior research scientist at the Institute for Health Research and Policy. Frank J. Chaloupka is a distinguished professor of economics and public health and director of the Health Policy Center, University of Illinois at Chicago.”(from database) All creditable sources hence. Usage of the source: • Also pointing out that corporations use the back up of athletes or saying that sweetened tea is not a direct impact on obesity in the US. • As stated in the quote number 4. They are not directly pointing to carbonated drinks but saying that the sugar available causes an imbalance on physical energy. Quotes from source or

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