Poor diet generates a bigger non-communicable disease (NCD) burden than tobacco,
alcohol and physical inactivity combined. We reviewed the potential effectiveness of policy …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of food taxes and subsidies on diet, body weight and
health through a systematic review of the literature. METHODS: We searched the English …

Background In an effort to prevent continued increases in obesity and diabetes, in January
2014, the Mexican government implemented an 8% tax on nonessential foods with energy …

A tax on soft drinks is often proposed as a health promotion strategy for reducing their
consumption and improving health outcomes. However, little is known about the processes …

Bread is widely considered to be the foodstuff that provides the most dietary salt to the diet.
As such, it is one of the key public health targets for a salt reduction policy. In this respect, it …

Nutrition is considered as one of the main drivers of global environmental change. Dietary
patterns in particular, embedded in the international trade of foods and other biomass based …

The purpose of this research is to investigate whether mobile food markets may be effective
in facilitating healthy food choices in food deserts. We investigate who does and does not …

Background Comprehensive, multi-level approaches are required to address obesity. One
important target for intervention is the economic domain. The purpose of this study was to …

Based on an extensive literature review and publicly available data, this article provides
insights into the differences in prevalence, sociodemographics, contributing factors …

Of the many proposals to reverse the obesity epidemic, the most contentious is the use of
price-based interventions such as the fat tax. Previous investigations of the efficacy of such …