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 While food pricing is a promising strategy to improve diet, the prospective
impact of food pricing on diet has not been systematically quantified. Objective To quantify …

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 …

OBJECTIVE: Fiscal policies may form a solution in improving dietary intake. This study
aimed to examine the effectiveness of varying taxing and subsiding schemes to stimulate …

Taxes and subsidies are increasingly being considered as potential policy instruments to
incentivize consumers to improve their food and beverage consumption patterns and related …

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 …

Increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity has led policy-makers to consider health-
related taxes to limit the consumption of unhealthy foods and beverages. Such taxes are …

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 …

Background Fiscal policies to fight obesity such as taxation of unhealthy foods or sugar-
sweetened beverages (SSBs) have gained considerable attention in recent years. Many …