ArticleIsrael journal of health policy research2018
The evidence-and acceptability-of taxes on unhealthy foods.
Article in Israel journal of health policy research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Effectiveness and Feasibility of Taxing Salt and Foods High in Sodium: A Systematic Review of the Evidence.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Pooled it
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- Increasing Healthy Food Access for Low-Income Communities: Protocol of the Healthy Community Stores Case Study Project.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Healthy eating: a privilege for the better-off?European journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Article
- Development of a System Dynamics Model to Guide Retail Food Store Policies in Baltimore City.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Stakeholder views on the potential impact of a sugar-sweetened beverages tax on the budgets, dietary intake, and health of lower and higher socioeconomic groups in the Netherlands.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2020Article
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Abstract
The global obesity pandemic has public advocates and policymakers grappling with the question of how best to respond. Among the various policy options, unhealthy food and beverage taxes have gained attention as a potentially effective intervention to reduce non-nutritive caloric intake, while raising government funds for health promotion programs at the community level. Yet in many countries, including in Israel, such proposals have not gained broad support. Cities in both United States and Mexico have found that taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages reduce consumption. Yet the food industry has successfully fought many such policies. Looking forward, those supporting taxation policies will need to provide clear evidence, a compelling use of funds raised, a convincing answer to industry claims, and attention to equity in implementation. With no easy fixes in sight to obesity, it is likely that taxes will remain viable - if contested - options for the foreseeable future.
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