The potential impact on obesity of a 10% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Ireland, an effect assessment modelling study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Briggs, Adam D M ^a   Mytton, Oliver T ^a,b   Madden, David ^c   O'Shea, Donal ^d   Rayner, Mike ^a   Scarborough, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Research Forum   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d St Columcille s Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Nutrition; Obesity; Overweight; Sugar sweetened beverages; Taxation

Indexed keywords

SUGAR INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BEVERAGE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUGAR INTAKE; TAX; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEVERAGES; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAXES;

EID: 84883852215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-860     Document Type: Article

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