Assessing the potential effectiveness of food and beverage taxes and subsidies for improving public health: A systematic review of prices, demand and body weight outcomes

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 110-128

  Powell, L M ^a   Chriqui, J F ^a   Khan, T ^a   Wada, R ^a   Chaloupka, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Food consumption; Food prices; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE TAX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ELASTICITY; FAST FOOD; FOOD TAX; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAX; VEGETABLE;

BEVERAGES; BODY WEIGHT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIET; FAST FOODS; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84872138627     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12002     Document Type: Article

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