New paper on the UK's Soft Drinks Levy led by Pete Scarborough & Linda Cobiac at Oxford. We measured how the tax changed sugar consumption and found bigger falls in more deprived areas. We then modelled how this would affect health.... journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a…
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The model predicts the reduced sugar consumption will lead to 3600 fewer cases of dental caries and 64,100 fewer cases overweight in children & adolescents in the first 10 years. Effects are largest in those living in the most deprived areas.