Public health policy is among the most effective and cost-effective interventions in some
areas of public health and is emerging as effective in others. Policy may be especially …

Background: Nutrition-related non-communicable diseases contribute to approximately half
of the premature deaths in Namibia. Westernisation and urbanisation of communities have …

In response to rising health care costs associated with obesity rates, some health care
insurers are adopting incentivized technology-enhanced wellness programs. The purpose of …

Nutrition plays a key role in many areas of public health such as pre-term delivery, cancer,
obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular and renal diseases. Government nutrition policy …

Introduction Economic evaluations of public health interventions like sugar-sweetened
beverage (SSB) taxes face difficulties similar to those previously identified in other public …

Fighting the obesity epidemic has so far proven a difficult challenge, given the diversity of
natural and processed foods, the complexity of food supply chains, and the fact that targeting …

Although taxes on regular soda and other forms of sugar-sweetened beverages have been
proposed as a disincentive to consumption, little is known about the association of soda …

Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are the largest source of added sugar in the US diet
and have contributed to the obesity and diabetes epidemics. This review article describes …

Objectives Given the growing interest worldwide in applying public policies to improve
human health, we undertook a systematic review of studies investigating whether public …

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 …