Ending SNAP subsidies for sugar-sweetened beverages could reduce obesity and type 2 diabetes

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1032-1039

  Basu, Sanjay ^a   Seligman, Hilary Kessler ^b   Gardner, Christopher ^a   Bhattacharya, Jay ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUGAR; SUGAR INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; VEGETABLE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUGAR INTAKE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEVERAGES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901988810     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1246     Document Type: Article

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