The potential impact of a 20% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages on obesity in South African adults: A mathematical model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Manyema, Mercy ^a,b   Veerman, Lennert J ^c   Chola, Lumbwe ^a,b   Tugendhaft, Aviva ^a,b   Sartorius, Benn ^a,d   Labadarios, Demetre ^e   Hofman, Karen J ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICAN; SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGE; TAX; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUGAR INTAKE;

NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) TRANSHYDROGENASE; SUGAR INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEVERAGES; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY SUCROSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NADP TRANSHYDROGENASES; OBESITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TAXES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929941408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105287     Document Type: Article

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