taxation Tag

23 Apr Food taxes and subsidies to protect health: relevance to Aotearoa New Zealand

Posted at 09:57h in Advocacy by Kim Tucker

The hazardous and obesogenic food environment are major contributors to health loss in Aotearoa New Zealand. Here we consider the potential use of food taxes and subsidies to protect health in this country. We find that each one of the 14 recent systematic reviews on the tax...

17 Mar Evidence clearly favours taxing sugary drinks – new study

Posted at 11:50h in Research by Kim Tucker

In a review of recent international and New Zealand research on the impact of food and beverage taxes, the researchers identify the strong level of scientific evidence showing such taxes work....

24 Aug Policy Brief: A Sugary Drink Tax for New Zealand

Posted at 15:30h in Advocacy by Alison Pask

The New Zealand Beverage Guidance Panel has written a Policy Brief: A Sugary Drink Tax for New Zealand This document provides: The rationale why a sugary drink tax is an important component of any strategy to address childhood obesity, adult obesity and dental caries. An outline of...

taxation Tag

23 Apr Food taxes and subsidies to protect health: relevance to Aotearoa New Zealand

17 Mar Evidence clearly favours taxing sugary drinks – new study

24 Aug Policy Brief: A Sugary Drink Tax for New Zealand

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