The Danish tax on saturated fat: Why it did not survive

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 223-226

  Vallgarda S ^a   Holm, L ^a   Jensen, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DENMARK; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAX; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR;

DENMARK; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAXES;

EID: 84922259787     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.224     Document Type: Article

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