Healthy Food America

05/30/2022

New Webinar June 1st - Advancing Equity in Sweetened Beverage Tax Revenue Investments. Join Healthy Food America and the University of Washington, the UCONN Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health, and the Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law Learn more

Join Healthy Food America and the University of Washington, the UCONN Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health, and the Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law to learn about the results of a new report that identifies effective legislative mechanisms for dedicating and allocating swe...

05/25/2022

Join us on June 1st! New Webinar: Advancing Equity in Sweetened Beverage Tax Revenue Investments: Best Practices for Legislation Learn about a report describing how to craft tax legislation for dedicating and allocating tax revenues to advance equity. Register Today!

Join Healthy Food America and the University of Washington, the UCONN Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health, and the Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law to learn about the results of a new report that identifies effective legislative mechanisms for dedicating and allocating swe...

05/12/2022

Join us June 1st for a Webinar: Investing Sweetened Beverage Tax Revenues to Advance Equity: Best Practices for Legislation. Learn about a report describing how to craft tax legislation for dedicating and allocating tax revenues to advance equity.

Join Healthy Food America and the University of Washington, the UCONN Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health, and the Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law to learn about the results of a new report that identifies effective legislative mechanisms for dedicating and allocating swe...

11/01/2021

Fight back against Big Soda’s marketing of unhealthy fruit drinks for kids with counter-marketing messages. A new study shows a big drop in purchases by parents after seeing the messages. See the messages here: https://www.truthaboutfruitdrinks.com

10/28/2021

Counter-marketing messages about fruit drinks drop parents’ purchases of these beverages for their young children by a third or more. Learn more truthaboutfruitdrinks.com

03/12/2021

A well-designed sugary drink tax promotes health equity. When properly constructed, it is an equitable public policy that benefits the people most harmed by the beverage industry and its sugary drink products. https://tinyurl.com/7ftwayym

03/12/2021

How do we challenge the health inequities caused by the marketing & sales of sugary drinks-Adopt equitable sugary drink taxes-Read these newly released recommendations on how to design equitable sugary drink taxes https://tinyurl.com/7ftwayym

03/11/2021

Well-designed sugary drink taxes promote equity. A group of national experts came together to provide recommendations on just how to do this. https://tinyurl.com/7ftwayym

03/11/2021

Are sugary drink taxes equitable? National experts and community leaders think so. Read recommendations on how to design sugary drink taxes that promote equity. https://tinyurl.com/7ftwayym

03/11/2021

How can we fight Big Soda’s predatory marketing? Design equitable sugary drink taxes that benefit those most impacted by sugary drinks. Read the Tax Equity Workgroup’s newly released recommendations to learn how. https://tinyurl.com/7ftwayym

06/28/2018

Diet-related disease is a leading killer in US—but we have a plan to reshape the food environment and turn this around. Read it in JAMA:

This Viewpoint discusses policy-oriented strategies to help promote a healthier food supply and improve the quality of US diets to help prevent disease.

06/23/2018

Soda consumption is on the decline, but Big Soda knows how to keep customers coming back for more. New choices, like coffees and vitamin waters can have as much sugar as soda—but packaged in a way that makes consumers think they're getting something healthy. Learn more from our report:
http://www.healthyfoodamerica.org/sugary_drinks_in_america_who_s_drinking_what_and_how_much