Mar 10, 2010

A new study shows both weight and diabetes risk fell for people in communities where fast food prices increased. “This study gives us strong scientific evidence that price policies, including taxes, could actually be effective at helping control obesity and the resulting chronic diseases, like diabetes,” senior author Barry M. Popkin said.

The study was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine and used data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Co-authors include Kiyah Duffey, a graduate research assistant at CPC, and CPC faculty fellows Penny Gordon-Larsen and David K. Guilkey.

UNC issued a news release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/3410/71/

This study has been widely reported in the media, including:

MSNBC (video and audio):
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34276015/vp/35770302#35770302

Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6275T720100308

USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/weightloss/2010-03-09-cutsodaandcalories09_ST_N.htm

LA Times:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2010/03/pizza-soda-tax-lose-weight.html

Study citation: Duffey, Kiyah J., Penny Gordon-Larsen, James M. Shikany, David K. Guilkey, David R. Jacobs, Jr., and Barry M. Popkin. 2010. Food Price and Diet and Health Outcomes: 20 Years of the CARDIA Study. Archives of Internal Medicine 170, no. 5: 420-6. http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/170/5/420

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