Changes in prices, sales, consumer spending, and beverage consumption one year after a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Berkeley, California, US: A before-and-after study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Silver, Lynn D ^a   Ng, Shu Wen ^b,c   Ryan Ibarra, Suzanne ^a   Taillie, Lindsey Smith ^b,c   Induni, Marta ^a   Miles, Donna R ^c   Poti, Jennifer M ^b   Popkin, Barry M ^b,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MARKET; SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGE; TAX; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; BEVERAGE; CALIFORNIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; NUTRITION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUGAR INTAKE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS;

SUGAR INTAKE; SWEETENING AGENT;

BEVERAGES; CALIFORNIA; COMMERCE; DIETARY SUCROSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SWEETENING AGENTS; TAXES;

EID: 85018366568     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002283     Document Type: Article

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