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US junk food tax bills and laws support taxing foods using category-based, nutrient-based, or combination approaches.
Legislators can draw from existing models to design effective tax policies.
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US junk food tax bills (n = 6) and laws (n = 3), international junk food laws (n = 2), and US SSB taxes (n = 10) support taxing foods using category-based (n = 8), nutrient-based (n = 1), or combination (n = 12) approaches.
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The study systematically reviewed multiple legislative documents.
Source
Legal and Administrative Feasibility of a Federal Junk Food and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax to Improve Diet
Jennifer L. Pomeranz et al. · American Journal of Public Health · 2018
DOI 10.2105/ajph.2017.304159
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