What is the role of government policies in encouraging healthier food choices to fight the current overweight and … obesity epidemics? This report briefly examines the evidence base on unhealthy diets, including the associated burden on … health systems. It then takes stock of current knowledge on the effectiveness of policy instruments to tackle unhealthy diets …

In February 2017, Portugal implemented a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), under which producers were to be … covering the universe of Portuguese firms between 2012 and 2019 to assess the causal impact of this tax on the behavior and … water as counterfactual. Our findings indicate that SSBs producers became significantly less profitable in the post-tax …

distribution as the economy has grown. Is BMI growth different at different tails of the income distribution? Health and … transitional processes, particularly economic transitions on nutritional and health outcomes. We test the hypothesis that the …

weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food …-related health. After the fall of the Wall, East Germans permanently changed their diet by consuming novel western food products. A …-related health. …

weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food …-related health. After the fall of the Wall, East Germans permanently changed their diet by consuming novel western food products. A … health. …

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 …

overweight. As expected, this is also true for individuals who have chronic illnesses. The analysis also finds that individuals … who engage in a sport or in other forms of exercise, even if modest, have lower odds of being overweight or obese … associated with being overweight or obese. The results of this study have implications for the adjustment of current Surinamese …