Trends in beverage prices following the introduction of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Barbados

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue , 2017, Pages S23-S25

  Alvarado, Miriam ^a,e   Kostova, Deliana ^b   Suhrcke, Marc ^c   Hambleton, Ian ^a   Hassell, Trevor ^d   Samuels, T Alafia ^a   Adams, Jean ^e   Unwin, Nigel ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d Healthy Caribbean Coalition   (Barbados)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diet; Economics; Nutrition policy; Obesity; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARBADOS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SUGAR INTAKE; SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGE; TAX; TREND STUDY; BEVERAGE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; OBESITY; TRENDS;

SWEETENING AGENT;

BARBADOS; BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; DIETARY SUCROSE; HUMANS; OBESITY; SWEETENING AGENTS; TAXES;

EID: 85026447543     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.07.013     Document Type: Article

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