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Putting taxes into the diet equation

Mexico’s soda tax has reduced sales of sugar-sweetened beverages. Time will tell whether the tax helps to reduce obesity prevalence as well. Andréia Azevedo Soares reports.

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Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: World Health Organization 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4794307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27034515
http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.16.020416
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4794307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27034515
http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.16.020416