Reducing added sugars in the food Sthrough a cap-and-trade approach

S. Basu and K. Lewis

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 12, 2432-2438

Abstract: Objectives. We estimated the effect of a simulated cap-and-trade policy to reduce added sugar in the food supply.

Keywords: sugar intake, administration and dosage; beverage; catering service; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; economics; epidemiology; health care policy; human; incidence; obesity; prevalence; sugar intake; tax; theoretical model; United States, Beverages; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Dietary Sucrose; Food Supply; Health Policy; Humans; Incidence; Models, Theoretical; Obesity; Prevalence; Taxes; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302170

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