This document summarizes and discusses various sources on the topic of implementing taxes on junk food and sugar-sweetened beverages. It outlines two scholarly research articles that discuss state sales tax rates on snacks and soft drinks, as well as excluding sweetened beverages from food assistance programs. It also mentions communities that have passed similar taxes, such as Denmark's fat tax.

2. STATISTICS/ IMPORTANT INFORMATION

3. TWO SCHOLARLY RESEARCH ARTICLES
Chiriquí, Jamie F., et al. • UWG Library home
"State Sales Tax Rates page
for Soft Drinks and • (Galileo scholar)
Snacks Sold through
Grocery Stores and • searched through
Vending Machines, multiple databases at
2007." Journal of public one time.
health policy 29.2 • My three keywords
(2008): 226-49. ProQuest were: Tax*; Junk Food;
Research Library. Web. 2005
11 Mar. 2012. (cited)
• it indicates their views
on junk food and the
idea of it becoming
taxed worldwide.
• They believe with a
higher tax to pay on
junk food less
consumption of these
products will
occur, therefore
obesity rates will go
down.

4. COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE PASSED A
SIMILAR TAX
• http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2011/10/02/denmark-
introduces-fat-tax-on-foods-high-in-saturated-fat/
• Title: Denmark's, “Fat Tax” targets butter Burger Author: Ryan Jaslow
(Heath blogger for CBS) Has been educated
• I found this internet news article by first going to yahoo.com, using the
search engine I typed in Tax’s on junk food after using the “CRAP TEST”
on all my potential sites I choose www.abcnews.com.
• This site is current and is updated daily, the information given is very
reliable and give information that can be backed up with facts.

5. CONTINUED
• not bias. When talking about a touchy subject it can get hard to not
appear bias but this website went off factual information that is current.
• Then within their site I typed in (Tax on Junk food) then (Denmark Tax
on Junk Foods)

6. SECOND SCHOLARLY ARTICLE
NARROWED RESULTS
• Barnhill, Anne. "Impact and Ethics of Excluding Sweetened Beverages
from the SNAP Program." American Journal of Public Health 101.11
(2011): 2037-43. ABI/INFORM Complete; ABI/INFORM Global; ProQuest
Research Library; ProQuest Social Science Journals. Web. 11 Mar. 2012.
(cited)
• I put 2010 instead of 2005 and instead of Junk foods I decided to
search unhealthy foods.
• 622 results and after narrowing down my search brought the total
number of results down to 414.
• I chose this article because it talks about New York’s recent petition to
the US Department of Agriculture. The article stated, “that New York
wanted permission to conduct a demonstration project in which
sweetened beverages would be excluded from the foods eligible to
be purchased with Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program (SNAP)
benefits (i.e., food stamps) in New York City.

7. BOOK ABOUT THE ISSUE
Book Title: Understanding Childhood Obesity. Contributors: J. Clinton
Smith - author. Publisher: University Press of Mississippi. Place of
Publication: Jackson, MS. Publication Year: 1999. Page Number: iii.
(Cited)
• This book discussed how childhood Obesity is a big heath issue in
America.
• I choose this book not only because it is about the topic at hand
but because The author was an expert on this issue
• The article had detailed information discussing the credentials to
be considered obese, and some things that can help to prevent
the problem of obesity.

8. WEBSITES
• http://health.usnews.com/health-news/diet-
fitness/diabetes/articles/2010/10/07/health-buzz-no-soda-
sugary-drinks-for-food-stamp-us
• Yahoo.com
• The New York Times, “As part of a fierce campaign against
diabetes and obesity, New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg on Wednesday asked the federal government for
permission to ban 1.7 million food-stamp users from buying
sodas and other sugary drinks. I felt this information was not
only interesting but important.
• You should use this not only because it is credible, but it shows
how obesity is becoming a epic problem, and to get results
there must be drastic changes.

9. SECOND WEBSITE
• http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/letters-to-the-
editor/2009/10/19/combating-the-obesity-epidemic
• I Choose this website foremost because it is a credible source
• obesity epidemic and it gives us actual percentages of how
many people in our population are obese.
• The site also talks about how the government has passed a
similar tax on (cigarettes) and how this too needs to go toward
junk foods because they use the extra money from the
products causing the problems to contribute to the solution
• Yahoo.com (Obesity Epidemic)

10. I AM FOR TAX ON JUNK FOOD
The resources I used can only scratch the service if taken lightly, If we
work as a whole and push for “Tax Junk Food” worldwide, obesity rates
especially of the children will go down its inevitable.
• The federal government needs to stop paying attention to this problem
and do what is right for the American people. Cheap fast food and
many unhealthy foods that contain unhealthy products are subsidized
by the gov't. The government needs to make healthy fruits and
vegetables cheaper so that the average American can afford to
spend their money purchasing real food instead of food that will
ultimately lead them to obesity and a life on medication. (.99cents
burger= .99cents salad)
• I say this to persuade you (my audience) to join my protest to form a
“Tax on Junk Food World wide.

11. http://abcnews.g
o.com/GMA/He
alth/video/mich
elle-obama-
combats-
childhood-
obesity-9784095