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The Fat Tax in 2011 and in 2012
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2020-08-06
https://doi.org/10.47282/ECONOMICA/2012/5/Különszám/4481
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Szőllősi, S., & Szűcs Róbert, S. (2020). The Fat Tax in 2011 and in 2012. Economica, 5(Különszám), 40-47. https://doi.org/10.47282/ECONOMICA/2012/5/Különszám/4481
Abstract
Approximately 119 million of the US population, that is 64.5 percent of the adult US population are either overweight or obese. 17.5 million young, obese people live in the European Union. The proportion of overweight or obese people is higher than 60% in Hungary. It causes a dramatic increase in health expenditure. Possible solutions include the introduction of a fat tax. Hungary introduced the fat tax in 2011. The rate of fat tax has increased in 2012.