24-08-2016 21:52 via feedproxy.google.com

A new study should have Coke and Pepsi terrified

People in Berkeley, California, significantly cut back on soda after the city introduced a tax on sugary beverages.
That's according to a study of low-income neighborhoods that was published in the American Journal of Public Health on Tuesday. The study found that soda consumption dropped an impressive Berkeley imposed a penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.
The city's tax passed in 2014 and went into effect in May 2015. The new tax made a 20-ounce bottle of Coke 20 cents more expens
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