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To gain control of expanding waistlines worldwide, unhealthy foods and drinks need a 20% fat tax, along with subsidies for healthy food, experts say in a new paper published online in the British Medical Journal. Oliver Mytton, of the British ...
May 17, 2012 at 01:47 | Source: Time
INDIANAPOLIS -- Health experts have been trying to combat obesity in America for years and have recently suggested a new way to solve the growing problem. A new study suggests that imposing a fat tax on unhealthy food and drinks could help slim ...
May 17, 2012 at 23:51 | Source: 6 News WRTV
OXFORD, England, May 18 (UPI) -- Taxes on unhealthy food might improve health, but the tax would need to be at least 20 percent to have a significant effect, British researchers said. Oliver Mytton and colleagues at the University of Oxford in ...
May 19, 2012 at 00:54 | Source: United Press International
Experts in the British Medical Journal are suggesting a 20-percent fat tax to get control of the obesity problem in America. The idea is to charge people more for soda and junk food, hoping they'll pass on it to save money. The thought of that is getting ...
May 17, 2012 at 04:10 | Source: Myfoxorl and O
There are calls for a "fat tax" to be introduced to cut obesity in Britain. Medical experts say 20 per cent would need to be added onto unhealthy food and drink for any significant improvements to be made. Academics from the British Medical Journal warn ...
May 16, 2012 at 07:24 | Source: ITN
UNHEALTHY food and drinks should be taxed at least 20 per cent to tackle the obesity crisis, an international review says. It comes as a coalition of health bodies continues its push for a fat tax and subsidies on healthy foods. More than 70 per cent of ...
May 18, 2012 at 01:31 | Source: Daily Telegraph
Welcome to the top tax and accounting headlines from Reuters and other sources. * ‘Fat tax’ proposed to cut obesity. Andrew Stack – The Financial Times. The UK needs to impose a “fat tax” of at least 20 per cent on unhealthy foods to have any ...
May 16, 2012 at 16:57 | Source: Reuters Blogs
Fast food giants face local govt rate increases in a bid to tackle the nation's obesity epidemic. UNHEALTHY food and drinks should be taxed by at least 20 per cent to tackle the obesity crisis, an international review says. It comes as a coalition of ...
May 16, 2012 at 18:59 | Source: heraldsun.com.au
The UK needs to impose a “fat tax” of at least 20 per cent on unhealthy foods to have any significant impact on rising levels of obesity. A report published in the British Medical Journal drawing on obesity research from around the world argues that ...
May 15, 2012 at 22:06 | Source: Financial Times
"Fat taxes" would have to increase the price of unhealthy food and drinks by as much as 20% in order to cut consumption by enough to reduce obesity and other diet-related diseases, experts have said. Such levies should be accompanied by ...
May 15, 2012 at 22:42 | Source: The Guardian