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Projected impact of the Portuguese sugar-sweetened beverage tax on obesity incidence across different age groups: A modelling study

BACKGROUND: Excessive consumption of sugar has a well-established link with obesity. Preliminary results show that a tax levied on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) by the Portuguese government in 2017 led to a drop in sales and reformulation of these products. This study models the impact the market...

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Autores principales: Goiana-da-Silva, Francisco, Severo, Milton, Cruz e Silva, David, Gregório, Maria João, Allen, Luke N., Muc, Magdalena, Morais Nunes, Alexandre, Torres, Duarte, Miraldo, Marisa, Ashrafian, Hutan, Rito, Ana, Wickramasinghe, Kremlin, Breda, João, Darzi, Ara, Araújo, Fernando, Lopes, Carla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7067376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32163412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003036