Are taxes on fatty foods having their desired effects on health?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7882, 2012, Pages

  Smed, Sinne ^a   Robertson, Aileen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; DENMARK; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; FATTY FOOD; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH FOOD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAX;

DENMARK; DIETARY FATS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; TAXES;

EID: 84868686482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e6885     Document Type: Editorial

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