Non-linear effects of soda taxes on consumption and weight outcomes

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 566-582

  Fletcher, Jason M ^a   Frisvold, David E ^b   Tefft, Nathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

obesity; soda taxation

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CARBONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT DRINK; TAX; UNDERWEIGHT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; NUTRITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927103458     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3045     Document Type: Article

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