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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...
Autores principales: | Manyema, Mercy, Veerman, J. Lennert, Chola, Lumbwe, Tugendhaft, Aviva, Labadarios, Demetre, Hofman, Karen |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2015
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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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