First-Year Evaluation of Mexico’s Tax on Nonessential Energy-Dense Foods: An Observational Study

First-Year Evaluation of Mexico’s Tax on Nonessential Energy-Dense Foods: An Observational Study

An 8% tax on high-energy, non-essential foods in Mexico reduces the amount of these foods consumed, an effect that is more pronounced in lower income families, Taillie and colleagues reveal.

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Main Authors: Batis, Carolina, Rivera, Juan A., Popkin, Barry M., Taillie, Lindsey Smith
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4933356/
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spelling pubmed-49333562016-07-18 First-Year Evaluation of Mexico’s Tax on Nonessential Energy-Dense Foods: An Observational Study Batis, Carolina Rivera, Juan A. Popkin, Barry M. Taillie, Lindsey Smith Research Article An 8% tax on high-energy, non-essential foods in Mexico reduces the amount of these foods consumed, an effect that is more pronounced in lower income families, Taillie and colleagues reveal. Public Library of Science 2016-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4933356/ /pubmed/27379797 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002057 Text en © 2016 Batis et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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author Batis, Carolina
Rivera, Juan A.
Popkin, Barry M.
Taillie, Lindsey Smith
spellingShingle Batis, Carolina
Rivera, Juan A.
Popkin, Barry M.
Taillie, Lindsey Smith
First-Year Evaluation of Mexico’s Tax on Nonessential Energy-Dense Foods: An Observational Study
author_facet Batis, Carolina
Rivera, Juan A.
Popkin, Barry M.
Taillie, Lindsey Smith
author_sort Batis, Carolina
title First-Year Evaluation of Mexico’s Tax on Nonessential Energy-Dense Foods: An Observational Study
title_short First-Year Evaluation of Mexico’s Tax on Nonessential Energy-Dense Foods: An Observational Study
title_full First-Year Evaluation of Mexico’s Tax on Nonessential Energy-Dense Foods: An Observational Study
title_fullStr First-Year Evaluation of Mexico’s Tax on Nonessential Energy-Dense Foods: An Observational Study
title_full_unstemmed First-Year Evaluation of Mexico’s Tax on Nonessential Energy-Dense Foods: An Observational Study
title_sort first-year evaluation of mexico’s tax on nonessential energy-dense foods: an observational study
description An 8% tax on high-energy, non-essential foods in Mexico reduces the amount of these foods consumed, an effect that is more pronounced in lower income families, Taillie and colleagues reveal.
publisher Public Library of Science
publishDate 2016
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4933356/
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