OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of food taxes and subsidies on diet, body weight and
health through a systematic review of the literature. METHODS: We searched the English …

There has been significant growth in political, public, media, and academic interest in taxes
and subsidies to encourage healthy food consumption over the past 3 years. The present …

Abstract The Global Burden of Disease Study and related studies report unhealthy diet is the
leading risk for death and disability globally. Given the evidence associating diet and non …

Background Taxes on alcohol and tobacco have long been an important means of raising
revenues for public spending in many countries but there is increasing interest in using …

Objective To examine the effects, by income group, of targeted food taxes and subsidies on
nutrition, health and expenditure in the UK. Methods A model based on consumption data …

Background Food pricing strategies have been proposed to encourage healthy eating
habits, which may in turn help stem global increases in non-communicable diseases. This …

In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended the “implementation of an
effective tax on sugar-sweetened beverages” as one of several key measures to address …

Results: The subsidy brings mean levels of fruit and vegetable consumption in line with
dietary recommendations, but the tax is insufficient to achieve this goal for fat intakes. Once …

AimTo set out a policy analysis of food taxes as a way of influencing food consumption and
behaviour. DesignThe study draws on examples of food taxes from the developed world …

This paper analyses the quantitative effects of using economic instruments in health policy
on the basis of price elasticities calculated from estimated demand systems. The nutritional …