The economics of taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages: a review of the effects on prices, sales, cross-border shopping, and consumption

J Cawley, AM Thow, K Wen… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
During the past decade, dozens of countries, regions, and cities have enacted taxes on
sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). They have been primarily motivated by a desire to …

Improving food environments and tackling obesity: a realist systematic review of the policy success of regulatory interventions targeting population nutrition

J Sisnowski, JM Street, T Merlin - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background This systematic review (PROSPERO: CRD42015025276) employs a realist
approach to investigate the effect of “real-world” policies targeting different aspects of the …

Should we tax sugar-sweetened beverages? An overview of theory and evidence

H Allcott, BB Lockwood, D Taubinsky - Journal of Economic …, 2019 - aeaweb.org
Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages are growing in popularity and have generated an
active public debate. Are they a good idea? If so, how high should they be? Are such taxes …

Do high vs. low purchasers respond differently to a nonessential energy-dense food tax? Two-year evaluation of Mexico's 8% nonessential food tax

LS Taillie, JA Rivera, BM Popkin, C Batis - Preventive medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
It is unclear whether response to a nonessential food tax varies across time or for high vs.
low-consuming households. The objective is to examine whether the effect of Mexico's 2014 …

[HTML][HTML] A typology of beverage taxation: multiple approaches for obesity prevention and obesity prevention-related revenue generation

JF Chriqui, FJ Chaloupka, LM Powell… - Journal of public health …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Obesity is a global problem. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) are a leading contributor of
added sugars in individual diets and thus to obesity. Governments have considered taxing …

Intended and unintended consequences of a proposed national tax on sugar‐sweetened beverages to combat the US obesity problem

S Dharmasena, O Capps Jr - Health economics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Monthly data derived from the Nielsen Homescan Panel for calendar years 1998 through
2003 are used to estimate the effects of a proposed tax on sugar‐sweetened beverages …

Effect of formulation, labelling, and taxation policies on the nutritional quality of the food supply

S Vandevijvere, L Vanderlee - Current nutrition reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Food formulation, labelling, and taxation policies may
encourage food (re) formulation. However, most literature focuses on their impact on …

Food prices and obesity: evidence and policy implications for taxes and subsidies

LM Powell, FJ Chaloupka - The Milbank Quarterly, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Context: Pricing policies have been posited as potential policy instruments to address the
increasing prevalence of obesity. This article examines whether altering the cost of …

Taxes, labels, or nudges? Public acceptance of various interventions designed to reduce sugar intake

D Hagmann, M Siegrist, C Hartmann - Food policy, 2018 - Elsevier
This study investigated public acceptance of several specific government interventions to
lower sugar intake in the population, using data from the first wave (2017) of a large survey …

Modelling income group differences in the health and economic impacts of targeted food taxes and subsidies

KE Nnoaham, G Sacks, M Rayner… - International journal …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
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 …