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

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 …

Background—Poor lifestyle behaviors, including suboptimal diet, physical inactivity, and
tobacco use, are leading causes of preventable diseases globally. Although even modest …

Approximately two thirds of US adults and one fifth of US children are obese or overweight.
During 1980--2004, obesity prevalence among US adults doubled, and recent data indicate …

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 …

Background Recent evidence indicates a widening gap in fruit and vegetable (F/V)
consumption between high-and low-income Americans. This gap is related, in part, to …

Considerable policy and academic attention has been focused on the topic of food deserts.
We consider this topic from an economic perspective. First, we consider how the …

One way in which to modify food purchases is to change prices through tax policy, subsidy
policy, or both. We reviewed the growing body of experimental research conducted in the …

The United States has set a national goal to eliminate health disparities. This article
emphasizes the importance of food systems in generating and exacerbating health …

Importance Fiscal policy is a promising approach to incentivizing better food choices and
reducing the burden of chronic disease. To inform guidelines on using fiscal policies …