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Comprehensive, multi-level approaches are required to address obesity. One important target for intervention is the economic domain. The purpose of this study was to synthesize existing evidence regarding the impact of economic policies targeting obesity and its causal behaviours (diet, physical activity), and to make specific recommendations for the Canadian context.

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Paper provided by Monash University, Department of Economics in its series Monash Economics Working Papers with number 31-11.

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Length: 39 pages
Date of creation: Dec 2011
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Handle: RePEc:mos:moswps:2011-31

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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

• NEP-AGR-2012-01-10 (Agricultural Economics)
• NEP-ALL-2012-01-10 (All new papers)
• NEP-HEA-2012-01-10 (Health Economics)

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