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Estimating the health impacts of sugar-sweetened beverage tax for informing policy decisions about the obesity burden in Vietnam.

Thuy Duyen NguyenMinh Van HoangSon DaoPhuong Hong DoQuang Dinh NguyenJo JewellBen Amies-CullMaharajan MuthuLy-Na HoangThu Thi LeAn Thi NguyenBao Quoc TranCiaran O'Neill
Published in: PloS one (2023)
This study supports the SSB tax policy in pursuit of public health benefits, especially where the tax increase involves around a 20% price increase. The health benefit and revenue gains were evident across all three tax designs with the specific tax based on sugar density achieving greatest effects.
Keyphrases
  • public health
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • metabolic syndrome
  • type diabetes
  • insulin resistance
  • risk factors
  • weight gain