Due to the substantial health burden and costs caused by malnutrition in Germany, for
instance as a result of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases, the taxation of …

Governments can influence healthy dietary choices of populations by taxing relatively
unhealthy foods and drinks and/or subsidizing relatively healthy options. Experimental and …

Taxes and subsidies on foods and nutrients have the potential to promote healthier diets
and thereby reduce mortality. In this study, we examine the effects of such policy instruments …

Methods: Two scenarios were estimated, namely an increase of the consumer price of meat
and meat products with a low (15%) and high (30%) tax rate, and a subsidy a lowering of the …

Results: Preliminary results show that an introduction of a 15% tax on meat leads to a
reduction of 0.5-1% in prevalence of diabetes type 2, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, and …

In many high-income countries, the rise in obesity and incidence of chronic diseases has
lead to calls for the imposition of targeted food taxes and subsidies in order to improve the …

ABSTRACT In 2011, the Hungarian Parliament passed legislationcreating the public health
product tax—a tax levied onfood products containing unhealthy levels of sugar, salt …

Over the past few decades, food consumption patterns have changed dramatically.
Technological changes have contributed to a more cost-efficient food production and …

Several countries have introduced public health product taxes with the objective of reducing
the absolute amount of consumption of unhealthy food and tackling obesity. This study aims …

• Establishment of measures improving population's diet quality requires a profound
knowledge of factors that are associated with observed food consumption behavior• …