Decreasing the Burden of Type 2 Diabetes in South Africa: The Impact of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

INTRODUCTION: Type 2 diabetes poses an increasing public health burden in South Africa (SA) with obesity as the main driver of the epidemic. Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) is linked to weight gain and reducing SSB consumption may significantly impact the prevalence of obesity and re...

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Autores principales: Manyema, Mercy, Veerman, J. Lennert, Chola, Lumbwe, Tugendhaft, Aviva, Labadarios, Demetre, Hofman, Karen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4648571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26575644
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143050

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4648571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26575644
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143050

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