Could targeted food taxes improve health?

Objective: To examine the effects on nutrition, health and expenditure of extending value added tax (VAT) to a wider range of foods in the UK. Method: A model based on consumption data and elasticity values was constructed to predict the effects of extending VAT to certain categories of food. The re...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 2007-08, Vol.61 (8), p.689-694
Hauptverfasser:	Mytton, Oliver, Gray, Alastair, Rayner, Mike, Rutter, Harry
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Bread Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular Diseases - economics Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control Cholesterol Cholesterol - blood Cholesterol, Dietary - administration & dosage Cholesterol, Dietary - economics Consumption patterns Diet Diet - economics Dietary Fats - administration & dosage Dietary Fats - economics Elasticity of demand Evidence Based Public Health Policy and Practice Financing, Personal Food Food - economics General aspects Health Status Humans IHD Incidence ischaemic heart disease Margarine Medical sciences Milk Miscellaneous Models, Statistical Nutrition Assessment Price elasticity Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Salts Sodium Chloride, Dietary - administration & dosage Sodium Chloride, Dietary - economics Taxation Taxes United Kingdom - epidemiology value added tax VAT
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