Use and cumulation of evidence from modelling studies to inform policy on food taxes and subsidies: Biting off more than we can chew?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shemilt, Ian ^a   Marteau, Theresa M ^a   Smith, Richard D ^b   Ogilvie, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence synthesis; Food; Mathematical model; Meta analysis as topic; Policy; Public health; Subsidies; Taxes

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAX;

FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FOOD; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITION POLICY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAXES;

EID: 84961289339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1641-5     Document Type: Review

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