Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Not a “Holy Grail” but a Cup at Least Half; Comment on “Food Taxes: A New Holy Grail?”
In this commentary, we argue for the implementation of a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax as a tool to help address the global obesity and diabetes epidemics. Consumption of SSBs has increased exponentially over the last several decades, a trend that has been an important contributor to the obesit...
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Language: | English |
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Kerman University of Medical Sciences
2013-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Health Policy and Management |
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Online Access: | http://ijhpm.com/?_action=showPDF&article=2761&_ob=3b5e950016c0dd56c536f39d00e445a2&fileName=full_text.pdf. |