Open AccessSugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes in Brazil
Author(s) -
Rafael Moreira Claro,
Renata Bertazzi Levy,
Barry M. Popkin,
Carlos Augusto Monteiro
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300313
Subject(s) - calorie , consumption (sociology) , price elasticity of demand , economics , environmental health , sugar , agricultural economics , income elasticity of demand , food science , medicine , labour economics , biology , microeconomics , social science , sociology , endocrinology
We investigated whether taxing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) would improve the diets of households in Brazil.