Berkley, CA, is currently the only major U.S. city charging a tax on sugary drinks. The Philadelphia tax is coming soon — if it survives a beverage industry legal challenge. In spite of the slow adoption of, and opposition to, these so-called “soda taxes,” the World Health Organization is recommending that more places could fight obesity and other ailments by making sugary drinks more expensive.
The WHO’s suggestion came as part of a 36-page report — Fiscal Policies for Diet and Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases — released in conjunction with World Obesity Day.
