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December 2, 2009 | Journal Article
Research briefs, journal articles and online resources explore the possible health and economic impacts of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.
October 15, 2009 | Journal Article
Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) has been linked to higher risks of obesity. This paper explores SSB consumption and adverse health outcome evidence before discussing how SSB taxation may reduce intake, lower health care costs and generate federal health program revenue.
August 2, 2012 | Journal Article
Obesity prevention social marketing is needed, but care should be taken not to stigmatize obese people and risk increased feelings of shame felt particularly by obese children.
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation invests in research aimed at reducing childhood obesity. This study investigated associations between soda taxes and body mass index (BMI) in 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students in the period 1997-2006.
March 20, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines whether increasing the price of unhealthy foods can change patterns of food consumption and individual weight outcomes. Food taxes or subsidies have been raised as potential means of addressing the obesity epidemic in the United States.
August 23, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: Women who had attention-deficit hyperactivity ...
August 2, 2012 | Program Result Report
The South Carolina African American Tobacco Control Network worked with the Coastal Conservation League to promote indoor and outdoor clean air policies. Tobacco Policy Change, an RWJF national program, funded the project.
September 3, 2009 | Story
Developed by the Yale University Rudd Center in collaboration with Frank J. Chaloupka, Ph.D., professor of economics, University of Illinois at Chicago.
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: The goal of this project is to promote broad-based community health improvement in underserved rural communities in Wisconsin through a low-cost health communication intervention.
June 7, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: Michigan Radio reports on a study led by RWJF ...