Value-added taxes might promote much healthier, more sustainable diet plans
by Katrin Schiedung, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei
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No value-added taxes (VAT) on vegetables and fruit, however increased VAT on meat and milk would have a favorable result on diet-related illness, the environment, intake and tax profits, since food rates affect our purchasing habits. This is the conclusion of research study led by Dr. Marco Springmann, researcher at the University of Oxford, and Dr. Florian Freund, scientist at the Thünen-Institute for Market Analysis.
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