Lawmakers introduce AB2782, Health Impact Fee on Sugary Drinks
LEADING CALIFORNIA HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS URGE PASSAGE
On Tuesday, March 8, 2016 Assemblymembers Richard Bloom of Santa Monica and Jim Wood of Healdsburg introduced AB 2782, which places a 2-cent per fluid ounce health impact fee on the distribution of sugary drinks and creates a dedicated revenue source that will provide coordinated programs for nutrition education, increased physical activity in schools, more access to clean drinkable water and healthier food options in our communities, especially among our poor and communities of color.
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New Study Shows a Third of CA Young Adults Have Prediabetes
A new study by the California Center for Public Health Advocacy and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research estimates that 46 percent of California adults - including one out of every three young adults - have diabetes or undiagnosed diabetes, precursors for life threatening type 2 diabetes. The study provides the best indication to date the diabetes rates continue to climb dramatically. Learn more at: www.caprediabetes.org.
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