The effect of food taxes and subsidies on population health and health costs: a modelling study

• Main Authors: Tony Blakely, ProfPhD (Author), Christine Cleghorn, PhD (Author), Anja Mizdrak, PhD (Author), Wilma Waterlander, PhD (Author), Nhung Nghiem, PhD (Author), Boyd Swinburn, ProfFNZCPHM (Author), Nick Wilson, ProfMPH (Author), Cliona Ni Mhurchu, ProfPhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: One possible policy response to the burden of diet-related disease is food taxes and subsidies, but the net health gains of these approaches are uncertain because of substitution effects between foods. We estimated the health and cost impacts of various food taxes and subsidies...