Economics and obesity policy
| Autor: | J L Lusk |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Medicine (miscellaneous) Carbonated Beverages Food stamps Health Promotion Affect (psychology) Nutrition Policy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine 0502 economics and business medicine Humans Economic analysis Obesity 030212 general & internal medicine 050207 economics Policy Making Nutrition and Dietetics Public economics business.industry Public health 05 social sciences Commerce Feeding Behavior Taxes medicine.disease United States Government Programs Endocrinology Fast Foods Food Assistance Public Health business Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Obesity. 41:831-834 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5497 0307-0565 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/ijo.2017.5 |
| Popis: | This paper elucidates the challenges surrounding the economics of some popular obesity-related policy proposals. Solid economic justifications for anti-obesity policies are often lacking, and evidence suggests policies like fat and soda taxes or restrictions on food stamp spending are unlikely to substantively affect obesity prevalence. In short, many of the same factors that make obesity such a complicated and multifaceted issue extend to the economic analysis of public health policies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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