Can a tax on soft drinks help reduce obesity?
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 09:03
in Mathematics & Economics
(Medical Xpress) -- Can obesity be taxed away? Several UConn professors think that taxing fattening foods can help but not in the way many people would expect. Instead of trying to make unhealthy foods prohibitively expensive by applying a hefty tax, they believe a small tax can provide revenue for educating the public to make better dietary decisions.