Soda taxes take 2. Jesica is joined by Raeann Bowlds, MPH and Blake Flaugher, MPH to discuss Dr. Kelly Brownell’s claims that crack, soda, Cheetos, and baby formula do the same things in our brains and our bodies. The three talk about tobacco and soda taxes to see if the two are the same, and what Berkeley CA has done (or hasn’t done) with its soda tax revenue. Jessica asked Blake and Raeann to teach her about public health because she couldn’t understand it if the steps to make healthy food a human right were addressing predatory marketing and adding labels to food. The three enjoy a conversation over adult beverages, with which they can live in harmony.

Berkeley Commission

$929,000 spent by Berkeley for it’s soda tax campaign

Dr. Kelly Brownell

Philadelphia soda taxes

Seattle soda taxes

Places with soda taxes

Sugar taxes reduce consumption

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