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Taxed and untaxed beverage intake by South African young adults after a national sugar-sweetened bev...

Taxed and untaxed beverage intake by South African young adults after a national sugar-sweetened bev...

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Taxed and untaxed beverage intake by South African young adults after a national sugar-sweetened beverage tax: A before-and-after study

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Taxed and untaxed beverage intake by South African young adults after a national sugar-sweetened beverage tax: A before-and-after study

Publisher

San Francisco: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PLoS medicine, 2021-05, Vol.18 (5), p.e1003574-e1003574

Language

English

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San Francisco: Public Library of Science

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Contents

In an effort to prevent and reduce the prevalence rate of people with obesity and diabetes, South Africa implemented a sugar-content-based tax called the Health Promotion Levy in April 2018, one of the first sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes to be based on each gram of sugar (beyond 4 g/100 ml). This before-and-after study estimated changes in t...

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Taxed and untaxed beverage intake by South African young adults after a national sugar-sweetened beverage tax: A before-and-after study

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2541853658

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2541853658

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ISSN

1549-1676,1549-1277

E-ISSN

1549-1676

DOI

10.1371/journal.pmed.1003574

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