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April 20, 2021

Why African countries need reliable local data on sugary drinks taxes

Agnes Erzse, University of the Witwatersrand and Karen Hofman, University of the Witwatersrand

Without reliable, local and timely data, countries will miss the potential of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation as a public health intervention.

October 31, 2016

Alberto Dolci, University of Westminster

There’s not enough evidence that sports drinks are any better at hydrating you than water.

August 25, 2016

Karen Hofman, University of the Witwatersrand and Aviva Tugendhaft, University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa’s massive and growing obesity epidemic has much to do with people’s excessive daily sugar intake.

Karen Hofman
Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
Aviva Tugendhaft
Senior Researcher, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science, PRICELESS SA, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
Alberto Dolci
Lecturer in Exercise and Environmental Physiology and Exercise Immunology, University of Westminster
Safura Abdool Karim
Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
Agnes Erzse
Researcher, SAMRC/Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science- PRICELESS SA, University of the Witwatersrand