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Average body mass index (BMI) among high school students decreased in Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Oakland following the implementation of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes.
Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes may contribute to lower BMI in adolescents.
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Do sugar‐sweetened beverage taxes improve public health for high school aged adolescents?
James Flynn · Health Economics · 2022
DOI 10.1002/hec.4609
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