Experts Question Soda Tax Research
Scienific Blogging
By News Account
Created Feb 2 2010
Scienific Blogging in a news article on February 2, 2010, summarized the arguments several scientists have against a study that showed that a tax on soda would affect obesity rates. Since the study was published, a number of holes have been poked at the science behind the research, including at the way the trials were conducted, the premise behind the trials, and the conclusions. Scientific Blogging quotes Dr. Michael G. Kaplan from Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, as saying, “before assigning blame for the obesity epidemic, we should have clinical evidence that an intervention to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages…will reduce the long-term propensity for obesity.”
Read the full article here: http://www.science20.com/print/64193