Body weight impact of the sugar-sweetened beverages tax in Mexican children: A modeling study.

Rossana Torres-ÁlvarezRodrigo Barrán-ZubaranFrancisco Canto-OsorioLuz M Sánchez-RomeroDalia Camacho-García-FormentíBarry M PopkinJuan A RiveraRafael MezaTonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez

Published in: Pediatric obesity (2020)

The tax represents an effective component of any child or adolescent weight control program, and must be considered as part of any integrated population-level program for children and adolescent obesity prevention.

Keyphrases

young adults
body weight
mental health
weight loss
quality improvement
metabolic syndrome
weight gain
insulin resistance
type diabetes
body mass index
physical activity
childhood cancer
skeletal muscle
adipose tissue