The impact of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages on health and health care costs: A modelling study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Veerman, J Lennert ^a   Sacks, Gary ^b   Antonopoulos, Nicole ^c   Martin, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BODY MASS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGE; TAX; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUSTRALIA; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; OVERWEIGHT;

SWEETENING AGENT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OVERWEIGHT; SWEETENING AGENTS; TAXES;

EID: 84963930431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151460     Document Type: Article

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