The effect of food taxes in the UK on health and economic outcomes, and equity: a modelling study.
A combined sugar and salt tax could deliver greater health gains than individual taxes while reducing health inequalities.
This population health modeling study examined the effect of food taxes in the uk on health and economic outcomes, and equity: a modelling study. The abstract reports that of the three policies modelled, the Sugar and Salt tax generated the greatest gains and reduced health inequalities.
What the study was
- Study design
- Population health modeling study
- Category
- Public Health
- Maturity
- Validated
- Journal
- The Lancet. Public health
Why it surfaced
Population health modeling study relevant to Cardiovascular-metabolic: GLP-1, SGLT2, cardiometabolic risk; score assigned conservatively from the PubMed abstract and metadata.
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