The effects of the Danish saturated fat tax on food and nutrient intake and modelled health outcomes: An econometric and comparative risk assessment evaluation

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 681-686

  Smed, S ^a   Scarborough, P ^b   Rayner, M ^b   Jensen, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SALT INTAKE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAX; VEGETABLE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; AGED; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ECONOMICS; FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY DIET; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; TAXES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84963556338     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2016.6     Document Type: Article

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