date:May 17, 2012
With an increasing number of countries introducing levies on unhealthy food and drinks including Denmark, France, Hungary and Finland the UK-based experts led by Dr Oliver Mytton and Dr Mike Raynor at the University of Oxford examine the evidence on the health effects of increased duty on such foods.
Writing in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the group argue that unhealthy food and drinks need to be taxed by at least 20% to have any significant effect on diet-related conditions such as ob