Taxed and untaxed beverage intake by South African young adults after a national sugar-sweetened beverage tax: A before-and-after study.

<h4>Background</h4>In an effort to prevent and reduce the prevalence rate of people with obesity and diabetes, South Africa implemented a sugar-content-based tax called the Health Promotion Levy in April 2018, one of the first sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes to be based on each gram...

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Main Authors: Michael Essman, Lindsey Smith Taillie, Tamryn Frank, Shu Wen Ng, Barry M Popkin, Elizabeth C Swart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-05-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003574