Earlier today, the American Medical Association (AMA) approved a report which recommends using funds from a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages to finance efforts to reduce obesity. The AMA’s report acknowledges that sugar-sweetened beverage taxes are ‘unlikely to significantly impact the prevalence of obesity and other adverse outcomes.” As we’ve said before, taxes don’t make people ...more
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