If we don't focus on why people overeat, we will never solve obesity
If we don't focus on why people overeat, we will never solve obesity
- September 27, 2017
- Research by Matt Harding, economics, featured in The Guardian, Sept. 27, 2017
Matthew Harding, associate professor of economics at the University of California Irvine, has studied how prices affect consumer behavior. In a study published earlier this year that examined data on 123m supermarket transactions, he and his colleagues simulated the effects of various types of taxes.
For the full story, please visit https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/27/obesity-childhood-trauma-sugar-tax.
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