Taxes, labels, or nudges? Public acceptance of various interventions designed to reduce sugar intake

Food Policy

Volumn 79, Issue , 2018, Pages 156-165

  Hagmann, Désirée ^a   Siegrist, Michael ^a   Hartmann, Christina ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nudging; Nutrition label; Public acceptance; Public health intervention; Sugar intake; Sugar tax

Indexed keywords

NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUGAR; TAX SYSTEM;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 85049789448     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.06.008     Document Type: Article

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