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Modelling the health and economic impact of sugary sweetened beverage tax in Canada.

Siyuan LiuPaul J VeugelersKaterina MaximovaArto Ohinmaa
Published in: PloS one (2022)
Implementing the SSB tax in Canada is a potential cost-effective policy option for reducing obesity and related chronic diseases. The model built in this study provides a more accurate estimate of health and economic impact of SSB tax and could be used to estimate other sugar tax options.
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