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Study: Food taxes, subsidies bring health gains – Food & Drink Business
A 20 per cent subsidy on fruit and vegetables, combined with a consumer tax on the saturated fat, salt and sugar content of foods would bring major health gains, a trans-Tasman research team says.
Researchers from Otago, Auckland and Melbourne Universities have developed a model to estimate health gains and cost savings to the New Zealand health system through the combined tax and subsidy sche…
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