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Are Soda Taxes Good Policy for Combatting Obesity and Malnutrition?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2019

Jack BOBO ,
Taylor C WALLACE  and
Sweta CHAKRABORTY
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European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 10 , Issue 2: Symposium on Blockchain Regulation and Governance , June 2019 , pp. 412 - 418
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CEO, Futurity.

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Principle Consultant and CEO, Think Healthy Group; Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, George Mason University.

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Founder and Principal, Adapt to Thrive.

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