In an editorial to the Times Union on June 17, 2010, Pat Baird, R.D., contends that the argument that a soda tax will affect obesity rates is false. She cites the Contemporary Economic Policy in showing “that even a 30 percent tax would have little to no effect on body mass index and obesity.�

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