बचपन को ज्यादा मीठे पेय से निजात दिलवाने का मतलब है मोटापे(childhood obesity ) से बचाव
१२ ओन्ज़ के लो केलोरी ड्रिंक पर भी उतना टैक्स जितना इसी मात्रा वाले हाई केलोरी ड्रिंक पर लगाना ना -इंसाफी है। कम केलोरी ड्रिंक पर कम टैक्स लगाके बचपन को सही पेय का चुनाव करने की दिशा में प्रेरित करने वाला पहला कदम कहा जाएगा।कुछ सरकारें इस दिशा में सोच रहीं हैं यह अच्छी बात है। केलोरी आधारित कर- प्रणाली हमारे यहां भी अपनाई जाए ऐसा हमारा मानना है पढ़िए इसी आशय की यह रिपोर्ट :
Calorie-based tax on sugary drinks to curb consumption
A new study of how taxes might be used to curb consumption of sugary drinks suggests that applying a tax based on the amount of calories contained in a serving rather than its size would be more effective.
The study, financed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which has long advocated taxing sodas and other sugary drinks as part of its efforts to reduce childhood obesity, found that consumption of calories in drinks would drop 9.3% if a tax of four-hundredths of a penny for every calorie was added to the price, but fall by just 8.6% under a tax of half a cent for each ounce in a can or bottle.
A calorie-based taxing system would also be fairer to consumers, said Chen Zhen, a research economist at the food and nutrition policy research programme at Research Triangle Institute and the lead author of the study.
"It provides a better incentive to the consumer to switch to lower-calorie drinks, which would be taxed at a lower rate than higher-calorie drinks," Zhen said.
"One of the concerns about taxing ounces of sugar-sweetened beverages is that consumers are paying the same tax whether they buy 12 ounces of a drink with 150 calories or 12 ounces of a drink with 50 calories."
At a tax rate of four-hundredths of a penny per calorie, six cents would be added to a 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola, for example, researcher Chen Zhen said, while only four cents would be added to a 16-ounce bottle of Vitaminwater.
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१२ ओन्ज़ के लो केलोरी ड्रिंक पर भी उतना टैक्स जितना इसी मात्रा वाले हाई केलोरी ड्रिंक पर लगाना ना -इंसाफी है। कम केलोरी ड्रिंक पर कम टैक्स लगाके बचपन को सही पेय का चुनाव करने की दिशा में प्रेरित करने वाला पहला कदम कहा जाएगा।कुछ सरकारें इस दिशा में सोच रहीं हैं यह अच्छी बात है। केलोरी आधारित कर- प्रणाली हमारे यहां भी अपनाई जाए ऐसा हमारा मानना है पढ़िए इसी आशय की यह रिपोर्ट :
Calorie-based tax on sugary drinks to curb consumption
A new study of how taxes might be used to curb consumption of sugary drinks suggests that applying a tax based on the amount of calories contained in a serving rather than its size would be more effective.
The study, financed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which has long advocated taxing sodas and other sugary drinks as part of its efforts to reduce childhood obesity, found that consumption of calories in drinks would drop 9.3% if a tax of four-hundredths of a penny for every calorie was added to the price, but fall by just 8.6% under a tax of half a cent for each ounce in a can or bottle.
A calorie-based taxing system would also be fairer to consumers, said Chen Zhen, a research economist at the food and nutrition policy research programme at Research Triangle Institute and the lead author of the study.
"It provides a better incentive to the consumer to switch to lower-calorie drinks, which would be taxed at a lower rate than higher-calorie drinks," Zhen said.
"One of the concerns about taxing ounces of sugar-sweetened beverages is that consumers are paying the same tax whether they buy 12 ounces of a drink with 150 calories or 12 ounces of a drink with 50 calories."
At a tax rate of four-hundredths of a penny per calorie, six cents would be added to a 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola, for example, researcher Chen Zhen said, while only four cents would be added to a 16-ounce bottle of Vitaminwater.
Images for sugary drinks soda only
- Times of India - 1 day agoA new study of how taxes might be used to curb consumption ofsugary drinks suggests that applying a tax based on the amount ofcalories ...
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