V3

1. Outline the methodological issues involved in terms of interpreting evidence from obesity studies, sugar tax and the tax of SSBs

2. Explain why the reformulation of products caused by a tax may be problematical. 3. Outline the shortcomings of the current SDIL in the UK 4. A 2-litre bottle of a typical SSB currently costs about $2.30 in the US, Using the information above related to the 2015 study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, calculated the PED for SSBs in the US, assuming all the tax is passed on the consumer in the form of a higher price. 5. Assuming health care costs per person in the US are the same as for the UK, estimate the effect of such a tax on total health care costs in the UK.