Have we reached a tipping point for sugar-sweetened beverage taxes?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 3057-3061

  Backholer, Kathryn ^a,b   Blake, Miranda ^a,b   Vandevijvere, Stefanie ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUTRITIVE SWEETENER;

BEVERAGE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUGAR INTAKE; TAX;

BEVERAGES; DIETARY SUCROSE; DIETARY SUGARS; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE SWEETENERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAXES;

EID: 85002579651     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016003086     Document Type: Review

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