The real cost of food: can taxes and subsidies improve public health?

Affiliations

¹ Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
³ New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dariush Mozaffarian et al. JAMA. 2014.

. 2014 Sep 3;312(9):889-90.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.8232.

¹ Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
³ New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Taxes and subsidies to improve diet--reply.
Mozaffarian D, Rogoff KS, Ludwig DS. Mozaffarian D, et al. JAMA. 2015 Jan 20;313(3):308. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.15641. JAMA. 2015. PMID: 25602978 No abstract available.
Taxes and subsidies to improve diet.
Wegman MP. Wegman MP. JAMA. 2015 Jan 20;313(3):307-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.15638. JAMA. 2015. PMID: 25603008 No abstract available.

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