Denmark’s fat tax was a failure — but revisionists are trying to rewrite the story

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when it was introduced in 2011, it was the 1st of it's kind. it was specifically targeted at increasing the price of food. as a result, the price of food rose. many researchers think sugar and salt are much better targets if you want to tax something

The Danish tax on saturated fat: why it did not survive - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Health promoters have repeatedly proposed using economic policy tools, taxes and subsidies, as a means of changing consumer behaviour. As the first country in the world, Denmark introduced a tax on saturated fat in 2011. It was repealed in 2012. In this paper, we present arguments and themes...

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