Cost-effective, sustainable strategies are urgently required to curb the global obesity
epidemic. To date, fiscal policies such as taxes and subsidies have been driven largely by …

Identifying food pricing strategies to encourage purchases of lower-calorie food products
may be particularly important for black Americans. Black children and adults have higher …

Background Several scales have been developed in the past two decades to evaluate
Niemann–Pick disease Type C (NPC) severity in clinical practice and trials. However, a lack …

Background As a primary source of added sugars in the US diet, sugar-sweetened beverage
(SSB) consumption is presumed to contribute to obesity prevalence and poor oral health …

The rapidly rising rate of obesity has prompted a variety of policy responses at national,
regional, and local levels. Yet, many have expressed concern that these policy responses …

Background Addiction is one of the most rapidly growing epidemics that currently plagues
nations around the world. In the United States, it has cost the government more than US …

To aim of the review was to examine the most recent (2010 onwards) research evidence on
the health and behavioural impacts, in adults and children, of fiscal strategies that target …

Sugary drinks taxes have been implemented around the world and governments around the
world are considering extending these taxes to address concerns about rising obesity. We …

Introduction Until now, industry and government stakeholders have dominated public
discourse about policy options for obesity. While consumer involvement in health service …

Objectives A scoping review was conducted to synthesize the literature examining impact of
the Children's Fitness Tax Credit (CFTC) on the physical activity (PA) of Canadian children …