Evidence that a tax on sugar sweetened beverages reduces the obesity rate: A meta-analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cabrera Escobar, Maria A ^a   Veerman, J Lennert ^b   Tollman, Stephen M ^a,c   Bertram, Melanie Y ^a   Hofman, Karen J ^a,c  

^a Priority Cost effective Lessons for Systems Strengthening (PRICELESS)   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Demand; Elasticity; Fiscal policy; High income countries; Middle income countries; Non communicable diseases (NCDs); Obesity; Price; Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs); Tax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; STATISTICS; TAX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CHILD; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; TAXES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887376070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1072     Document Type: Article

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