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Projected Impact of Mexico’s Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Policy on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: A Modeling Study

BACKGROUND: Rates of diabetes in Mexico are among the highest worldwide. In 2014, Mexico instituted a nationwide tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in order to reduce the high level of SSB consumption, a preventable cause of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). We used an established comp...

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Autores principales: Sánchez-Romero, Luz Maria, Penko, Joanne, Coxson, Pamela G., Fernández, Alicia, Mason, Antoinette, Moran, Andrew E., Ávila-Burgos, Leticia, Odden, Michelle, Barquera, Simón, Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5089730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27802278
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002158