20 percent 'fat tax' needed to improve population health, experts say
Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 00:50
in Health & Medicine
Taxes on unhealthy food and drinks would need to be at least 20 percent to have a significant effect on diet-related conditions such as obesity and heart disease, say experts on bmj.com today. Ideally, this should be combined with subsidies on healthy foods such as fruit and vegetables, they add.