Meta-analysis says food incentives do their job

People will eat more healthy food if prices are lowered and consume less unhealthy food and fewer sugary beverages if they cost more, say researchers who performed a meta-analysis of 30 studies on the issue. Co-author Ashkan Afshin said the meta-analysis demonstrated causality: “Our results show how 10 to 50 percent changes in price of foods and beverages at… » Read More

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