date:Jun 06, 2012
Sin taxes on unhealthy foods and drinks may be the bandwagon that many seem to have jumped on, but duties on such foods are ineffective and will not help achieve the policy health goals they set out to target, according to Winkler, who is a retired professor of nutrition policy (formerly at London Metropolitan University, UK).
Writing in theBMJ, Winkler, contends that although sin taxes are thethe dish du jour in nutrition policy,the numbers backing up calls for such levies are flawed.
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