dc.contributor.author | Comans, Tracy A | |
dc.contributor.author | Whitty, Jennifer A | |
dc.contributor.author | Hills, Andrew P | |
dc.contributor.author | Kendall, Elizabeth | |
dc.contributor.author | Turkstra, Erika | |
dc.contributor.author | Gordon, Louisa G | |
dc.contributor.author | Byrnes, Josh M | |
dc.contributor.author | Scuffham, Paul A | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T14:21:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T14:21:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.date.modified | 2014-03-25T22:19:32Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2458 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1182 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/57208 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background Childhood obesity is a recognised public health problem and around 25% of Australian children are overweight or obese. A major contributor is the obesogenic environment which encourages over consumption of energy dense nutrient poor food. Taxation is commonly proposed as a mechanism to reduce consumption of poor food choices and hence reduce rates of obesity and overweight in the community. Methods/Design An economic model will be developed to assess the lifetime benefits and costs to a cohort of Australian children by reducing energy dense nutrient poor food consumption through taxation mechanisms. The model inputs will be derived from a series of smaller studies. Food options for taxation will be derived from literature and expert opinion, the acceptability and impact of price changes will be explored through a Citizen's Jury and a discrete choice experiment and price elasticities will be derived from the discrete choice experiment and consumption data. Discussion The health care costs of managing rising levels of obesity are a challenge for all governments. This study will provide a unique contribution to the international knowledge base by engaging a variety of robust research techniques, with a multidisciplinary focus and be responsive to consumers from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.format.extent | 336102 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 1182-1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 1182-6 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | BMC Public Health | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 13 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Health economics | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Epidemiology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Health services and systems | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Public health | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 380108 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4202 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4203 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4206 | |
dc.title | The cost-effectiveness and consumer acceptability of taxation strategies to reduce rates of overweight and obesity among children in Australia: study protocol | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dcterms.license | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Health, School of Medicine | |
gro.description.notepublic | Page numbers are not for citation purposes. Instead, this article has the unique article number of 1182. | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2013 Comans et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
gro.date.issued | 2013 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Kendall, Elizabeth | |
gro.griffith.author | Scuffham, Paul A. | |
gro.griffith.author | Byrnes, Joshua M. | |