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PRONUNCIATION OF FAT TAX

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAT TAX

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Fat tax is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FAT TAX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fat tax

A fat tax is a tax or surcharge that is placed upon fattening food, beverages or on overweight individuals. As an example of Pigovian taxation, a fat tax aims to discourage unhealthy diets and offset the economic costs of obesity. A fat tax aims to decrease the consumption of foods that are linked to obesity. A related idea is to tax foods that are linked to increased risk of coronary heart disease. Numerous studies suggest that as the price of a food decreases, individuals get fatter. In fact, eating behavior may be more responsive to price increases than to nutritional education. Estimates suggest that a 1 cent per ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages may reduce the consumption of those beverages by 25%. However, there is also evidence that obese individuals are less responsive to changes in the price of food than normal-weight individuals. To implement a fat tax, it is necessary to specify which food and beverage products will be targeted. This must be done with care, because a carelessly chosen food tax can have surprising and perverse effects.

Definition of fat tax in the English dictionary

The definition of fat tax in the dictionary is a tax levied in the form of higher duties or VAT on foods with a high fat content.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAT TAX

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fat tail
fat-ass
fat-finger
fat-free
fat-soluble
Fata Morgana
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fatal
fatalism
fatalist
fatalistic

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAT TAX

airport tax
betterment tax
capital gains tax
council tax
departure tax
direct tax
entertainment tax
excise tax
gift tax
green tax
income tax
indirect tax
profits tax
property tax
road tax
sales tax
salt tax
transfer tax
value-added tax
wealth tax

Synonyms and antonyms of fat tax in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fat tax» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAT TAX

Find out the translation of fat tax to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fat tax from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fat tax» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肥胖税
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

impuesto sobre la grasa
570 millions of speakers

English

fat tax
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वसा कर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضريبة الدهون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жира налог
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

taxa de gordura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চর্বি ট্যাক্স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fat tax
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cukai lemak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fett-Steuer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

脂肪税
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지방 세금
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pajak lemak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuế chất béo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொழுப்பு வரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चरबी कर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yağ vergisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tassa sul grasso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Podatek tłuszczu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жиру податок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

taxa de grăsime
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φόρο λίπους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vet belasting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fettskatt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fett skatt
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAT TAX»

The term «fat tax» is normally little used and occupies the 111.670 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAT TAX» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fat tax

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAT TAX»

Discover the use of fat tax in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fat tax and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Provision and Use of Health Services, Health ...
relative price of different foods, thus altering the composition of diets. Such a policy has often been described as a “fat-tax”, which is somewhat misleading as formally the same effects could be obtained by subsidising goods which are low in fat ...
‎2007
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Tax Law in Japan
Taxpayers subject to FAT are persons including individuals and corporations who are registered as owners of those assets as of January 1 of each year (A year when FAT is assessed is referred to as an 'FAT Tax Year'). The assets subject to ...
Masatami Otsuka, Ichirō Ōtsuka, Eiichirō Nakatani, 2006
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Uncommon Sense (Large Print 16pt)
I share much of Becker's skepticism about a “fat tax” (see my article with Tomas J. Philipson, “The Long-Run Growth in Obesity as a Function of Technological Change,” Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Summer 2003 Supplement, p. S87) ...
Richard A. Posner, 2010
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Fat: A Cultural History of Obesity
One means of doing it is through the imposition of a 'fat tax' or a 'Twinkie tax'. It was pioneered in the mid-19805 by Kelly D. Brownell, a psychologist at Yale University who proposed that a very small percentage tax be placed on junk and  ...
Sander L. Gilman, 2013
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Fat Tax
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A fat tax is a tax or surcharge that is placed upon fattening foods, beverages or individuals.
Germain Adriaan, 2011
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Microeconomic Theory: Concepts and Connections
The most commonly advocated fat tax in the literature is the composite commodity fat tax. A food group (composite) is taxed based on the average fat content of food composite. Such a tax could cause a household to increase its fat intake by ...
Michael Eugene Wetzstein, 2013
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HEAVY!: The Surprising Reasons America Is the Land of the ...
“Fat taxes” applied to high calorie and high fat-content foods and drinks have already been proposed with sufficient frequency that “fat tax” has a Wikipedia entry (see Chap. 8).25 No doubt, the demand for “fat taxes” will grow as a means of ...
Richard B. McKenzie, 2011
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BioBusiness perspectives: a compilation of topical review ...
Much like the gas tax, the tobacco tax, and alcohol tax, the ―fat tax‖ would provide an avenue for shifting the cost burden of obesity away from the government and already strained healthcare resources and place the cost on the consumer.
‎2008
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Diets and Dieting: A Cultural Encyclopedia
Schwartz, Marlene B., Chambliss, Heather O'Neal, Brownell, Kelly D., Blair, Steven N. and Billington, fat tax 99 Charles (2003) “Weight Bias Among Health Care Professionals Specializing in Obesity,” Obesity Research 11 (9): 1033–9. Wann ...
Sander L. Gilman, 2007
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The Fattening of America: How The Economy Makes Us Fat, If ...
As we discussed in Chapter 7, there is no obvious market failure that would be resolved via a fat tax. Cigarette taxes reduce exposure to sec- ondhand smoke, and alcohol taxes reduce rates of drunk driving — what would fat taxes reduce?
Eric A. Finkelstein, Laurie Zuckerman, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAT TAX»

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Jenée Tibshraeny on how the clash of political, corporate and …
Jenée Tibshraeny on how the clash of political, corporate and scientific interests isn't getting us anywhere on the fat tax debate. Posted in ... «Interest.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Impose fat tax on junk food-CSO-SUN
The Zambia Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition Alliance has proposed that Government introduces a fat tax on junk foods in an effort to promote ... «Lusaka Times, Jul 15»
3
NY Curvy Closet Event Will Let You Shop Your Favorite Plus Size …
Whether it's a “fat tax” placed on larger sizes of the exact same design (but only in the women's department, not the men's, of course) or just ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
4
BDO issues emergency Budget predictions
“A new sugar/ fat tax could be portrayed as a long-term cost saving measure for the NHS and possibly the funds raised could be ring-fenced for ... «economia, Jun 15»
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Junk food tax would do more harm than good
The idea of a “junk food tax,” or a “fat tax,” has been around for decades. In 1942, physiologist A.J. Carsen thought that charging people $20 for ... «UT The Daily Texan, Jun 15»
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Call for sugar to be treated like alcohol and tobacco
I am against any tax, fat tax or sugar tax, because education is everything. "We should be doing everything possible to counteract this public ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
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How Andrew Cuomo Sold Out New York City Renters to a Pack of …
... the threshold for vacancy decontrol by a modest $200—to a rent of $2,700 a month—and keeping a fat tax credit for developers largely intact. «The Nation., Jun 15»
8
Higher tax for junk food
A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition (BJN) suggests that imposing a 10 percent “fat tax” on sugary drinks would help tackle ... «Zambia Daily Mail, Jun 15»
9
Would you buy a used Nissan LEAF?
Low gas prices may also be depressing demand, and reasonable leases on new models—combined with fat tax incentives—can't be helping ... «Treehugger, Jun 15»
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Aasma Day: Girls like to pack it all in when on holiday
I'm not talking about a fat tax, but going over your weight allowance when packing your case for a holiday. Let's face it, we all take far more than ... «Yorkshire Evening Post, Jun 15»

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