Cost Effectiveness of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Excise Tax in the U.S.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 112-123

  Long, Michael W ^a   Gortmaker, Steven L ^a   Ward, Zachary J ^a   Resch, Stephen C ^a   Moodie, Marj L ^c   Sacks, Gary ^c   Swinburn, Boyd A ^c,d   Carter, Rob C ^c   Wang, Y Claire ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; TAX; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BEVERAGE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

SWEETENING AGENT;

BEVERAGES; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; OBESITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SWEETENING AGENTS; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84932176575     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.03.004     Document Type: Review

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