Removing the Australian tax exemption on healthy food adds food stress to families vulnerable to poor nutrition.
CONCLUSION: There is food stress risk among single-parent, LI and WDI families, particularly those residing in very remote areas. Implications for public health: Expanding GST places an additional burden on people who are already vulnerable to poor nutrition and chronic disease due to their socioeconomic circumstances.
PMID: 28898477 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Landrigan TJ, Kerr DA, Dhaliwal SS, Savage V, Pollard CM Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research