Taxing Packaged Food While Subsidizing Healthier Foods can Encourage People to Make Meaningful Dietary Changes

A joint study conducted by researchers at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital have found that implementing taxes on nearly all packaged foods and subsidizing healthier foods can encourage people to both make meaningful dietary changes and substantially reduce health care costs, according to a report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "With climbing rates ...

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Written by: editor - Sunday, September 7, 2014