Fat Taxes and Health Outcomes: An Investigation of Economic Factors Influencing Obesity in Canada

Sean Cash, Ellen Goddard and Ryan D. Lacanilao

No 6841, Consumer and Market Demand Network Papers from University of Alberta, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology

Abstract: Tax policy has been proposed as a possible instrument for reducing the incidence of obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases. This has become popularly known as the "fat tax" approach. Also, physical access to energy-dense, nutrition-poor food items has been suggested as a causal factor for rising obesity rates. This project investigates both the role that food price interventions and physical access to “fast food” may play in population levels of obesity.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.6841

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