Journal article
Modelling income group differences in the health and economic impacts of targeted food taxes and subsidies
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Objective: To examine the effects, by income group, of targeted food taxes and subsidies on nutrition, health and expenditure in the UK.
Methods: A model based on consumption data and demand elasticity was constructed to predict the effects of four food taxation-subsidy regimens. Resulting changes in demand, expenditure, nutrition, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer mortality were estimated.
Data: Expenditure data were taken from the Expenditure and Food Survey; estimates ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- International Journal of Epidemiology Journal website
- Volume:
- 38
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 1324-1333
- Publication date:
- 2009-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1464-3685
- ISSN:
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0300-5771
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:5541
- Deposit date:
- 2011-07-07
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- Copyright holder:
- K E Nnoaham et al
- Copyright date:
- 2009
- Notes:
- The full-text of this article is not available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link on this record page. Citation: Nnoaham, K. E. et al. (2009). 'Modelling income group differences in the health and economic impacts of targeted food taxes and subsidies', International Journal of Epidemiology 38(5), 1324-1333. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/.
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