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dc.contributor.authorComans, Tracy A
dc.contributor.authorWhitty, Jennifer A
dc.contributor.authorHills, Andrew P
dc.contributor.authorKendall, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorTurkstra, Erika
dc.contributor.authorGordon, Louisa G
dc.contributor.authorByrnes, Josh M
dc.contributor.authorScuffham, Paul A
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:21:28Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:21:28Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-03-25T22:19:32Z
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-2458-13-1182
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/57208
dc.description.abstractBackground 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.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1182-1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1182-6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBMC Public Health
dc.relation.ispartofvolume13
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEpidemiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode380108
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.titleThe cost-effectiveness and consumer acceptability of taxation strategies to reduce rates of overweight and obesity among children in Australia: study protocol
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Medicine
gro.description.notepublicPage 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.issued2013
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gro.griffith.authorKendall, Elizabeth
gro.griffith.authorScuffham, Paul A.
gro.griffith.authorByrnes, Joshua M.


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