relationship between health outcomes, most notably obesity, and the consumption of SSBs and ASBs. In the light of the evidence we …The idea of using "fat taxes" to curb obesity rates has been raised by many. In particular, the idea of taxing sugar … or beverages likely to be associated with reduced incidence of obesity. This commentary examines the case for a subsidy …

When traditional measures for health and economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, height and the body mass index (BMI …

Much has been written about the modern obesity epidemic, and historical BMIs are low compared to their modern … decreases, and the two have different implications for human health. An alternative measure for net current biological …