What's the most value for money way to tackle obesity? Increase taxes on alcohol
- Written by Jaithri Ananthapavan, Senior Research Fellow, Health Economics, Deakin University
Australians drink more than nine litres of pure alcohol a year.
We don’t often equate the kilojoules we drink in our glass of wine or pint of beer with the weight that accumulates around our middle. But our new study shows increasing the price of alcohol is the most value for money policy option to prevent obesity in Australia.
The study,...
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