Cost-effective design of economic instruments in nutrition policy
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Cost-effective design of economic instruments in nutrition policy
This paper addresses the potential for using economic regulation, e.g. taxes or subsidies, as instruments to combat the increasing problems of inappropriate diets, leading to health problems such as obesity, diabetes 2, cardiovascular diseases etc. in most countries. Such policy measures may be considered as alternatives or supplements to other regulation instruments, including information camp...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1479-5868
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-4-10