Lots of crazy claims about soda taxes. Which panned out?

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By Nathanael JohnsonJun 9, 2015, 1:54 pm59 pts
Everyone knows that obesity, type 2 diabetes, and the other diet-related diseases are shortening lives and draining public coffers, right? But nobody knows the formula to stop them. And so there are a lot of people watching the city of Berkeley to see if its new tax on sugar-sweetened beverages can make a dent.…

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