Americans' Weight May Be Significantly Affected By Food Price Changes

Let's hope that's the case - the more Calories cost, the fewer people will eat.

"A new article published in The Milbank Quarterly explores how food prices can affect weight outcomes, revealing that pricing interventions can have a significant effect on obesity rates...

Raising the prices of less healthy foods (e.g., fast foods and sugary products) and lowering the prices of healthier foods (e.g., fruits and vegetables) are associated with lower body weight and lesser likelihood of obesity. Children and adolescents, the poor, and those already at a higher weight are most responsive to these changes in prices.

Small taxes on unhealthy food items or small subsidies for healthy foods are not likely to produce substantial changes in BMI or obesity prevalence while nontrivial pricing interventions may have a measurable effect on Americans' weight outcomes."

These harmful individuals want to use a shotgun approach to make things more expensive for everybody, including the calorically responsible.

There is a right way to tax the calorically irresponsible without harming the rest of us.