Reducing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption: Evidence, Policies, and Economics

Current Obesity Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 191-199

  Hsiao, Amber ^a   Wang, Y Claire ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beverage consumption; Diet; Health care costs expenditures; Obesity; Sugar

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; SUGAR;

ABSENTEEISM; BEVERAGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GOUT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART DISEASE; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; MEDICAID; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUGAR INTAKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAX; TOOTH DISEASE;

EID: 84979713502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21624968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13679-013-0065-8     Document Type: Review

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