Knowledge use in the development of sugar-sweetened beverage tax policy in Mexico and Chile: a qualitative analysis

• Main Authors: Gordon C Shen, PhD (Author), Benjamin McCarthy, BA (Author), Melissa Fuster, PhD (Author), Sarah Lewis, PhD (Author), Sahai Burrowes, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Knowledge use is an integral theme of public policy studies. National obesity policy merits attention given its technical and social complexity. Scientific evidence about the obesity epidemic has been contested and obesity prevention is political in nature because it raises tensions betw...