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- RT @ShuWenNg: @UNCpublichealth @NutritionUNC @UNCFRP Too early to tell if Berkeley’s New Soda Tax is failing or working? https://t.co/sNFiR…
- RT @ShuWenNg: Great dissertation defense by Dalia Stern on food shopping patterns of US households! Congrats Dr. Stern! @UNCFRP @NutritionU…
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- Study Finds Mexico’s Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Reduced Purchases of Sugary Drinks January 11, 2016
- Guardian: Americans cutting calorie intake but junk food proves a hard habit to kick August 3, 2015
- NYTimes quotes Dr. Popkin in ‘Americans Are Finally Eating Less’ July 24, 2015
- Taxes may discourage purchase of sugared & high-fat beverages in US households with young children June 24, 2015
- Purchases of taxed beverages decline in Mexico after excise tax takes effect June 16, 2015
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Ng SW, Bricker G, Li KP, Yoon EF, Kang J, Westrich B. Estimating added sugars in US consumer packaged goods: An application to beverages in 2007–08. J Food Compost Anal. 2015 Nov 1;43:7-17. [Epub ahead of print] view PDF versionFord CN, Ng SW, Popkin BM. Targeted Beverage Taxes Influence Food and Beverage Purchases among Households with Preschool Children. J Nutrition. 2015 Aug;145(8):1835-43. view PDF version
Smith Taillie L, Jaacks LM. Toward a Just, Nutritious, and Sustainable Food System: The False Dichotomy of Localism versus Supercenterism. J Nutrition. 2015 June 3. [epub ahead of print] view PDF version
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