First-Year Evaluation of Mexico’s Tax on Nonessential Energy-Dense Foods: An Observational Study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Batis, Carolina ^a,b   Rivera, Juan A ^a   Popkin, Barry M ^c   Taillie, Lindsey Smith ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Jalisco   (Mexico)

^c University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANNED FOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVALUATION STUDY; FOOD; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD TAX; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MEXICO; NONESSENTIAL ENERGY DENSE FOOD; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PURCHASING; SALARY; SOCIAL STATUS; SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGE; TAX; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INFANT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICO; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84980351577     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002057     Document Type: Article

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