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| Title |
Cost-effective design of economic instruments in nutrition policy
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, April 2007
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| DOI | 10.1186/1479-5868-4-10 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jørgen D Jensen, Sinne Smed |
| Abstract |
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 campaigns, bans or enhancement of technological solutions to the problems of obesity or related diseases. 7 different food tax and subsidy instruments or combinations of instruments are analysed quantitatively. The analyses demonstrate that the average cost-effectiveness with regard to changing the intake of selected nutritional variables can be improved by 10-30 per cent if taxes/subsidies are targeted against these nutrients, compared with targeting selected food categories. Finally, the paper raises a range of issues, which need to be investigated further, before firm conclusions about the suitability of economic instruments in nutrition policy can be drawn. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 98 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 29 | 29% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 13% |
| Researcher | 12 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 13% |
| Unknown | 19 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 17 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 19 | 19% |
| Unknown | 22 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 August 2021.
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#4,760,001
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#1,307
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#15,335
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#3
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