The public health and economic benefits of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages.

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Published in N Engl J Med on September 16, 2009

Authors

Kelly D Brownell1, Thomas Farley, Walter C Willett, Barry M Popkin, Frank J Chaloupka, Joseph W Thompson, David S Ludwig

Author Affiliations

1: Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

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