Trial reportPublic health nutrition2022
The effects of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax and a nutrient profiling tax based on Nutri-Score on consumer food purchases in a virtual supermarket: a randomised controlled trial.
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- The effects of health-related food taxes on the environmental impact of consumer food purchases: secondary analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial in a virtual supermarket.Public health nutrition · 2024Trial
- Do financial constraint and perceived stress modify the effects of food tax schemes on food purchases: moderation analyses in a virtual supermarket experiment.Public health nutrition · 2024Trial
- Consumption of Selected Healthy and Unhealthy Food Groups and Associations With Nutritional Status Among Children 2-5 Years of Age in Northern Ghana.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Article
- The impact of various forms of non-alcoholic beverage taxation on sales of non-alcoholic beverages and sugar in the Netherlands: a modelling study.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Healthy lifestyle in low-socioeconomic groups: expert views.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Acceptability patterns of hypothetic taxes on different types of foods in France.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- A Little Bird Told Me… Nutri-Score Panoramas from a Flight over Europe, Connecting Science and Society.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Using GRADE Evidence to Decision frameworks to support the process of health policy-making: an example application regarding taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages.European journal of public health · 2022Article
- Dietary behaviour and physical activity policies in Europe: learnings from the Policy Evaluation Network (PEN).European journal of public health · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the effects of a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax and a nutrient profiling tax on consumer food purchases in a virtual supermarket.
designA randomised controlled trial was conducted with a control condition with regular food prices (n 152), an SSB tax condition (n 130) and a nutrient profiling tax condition based on Nutri-Score (n 112). Participants completed a weekly grocery shop for their household. Primary outcome measures were SSB purchases (ordinal variable) and the overall healthiness of the total shopping basket (proportion of total unit food items classified as healthy). The secondary outcome measure was the energy (kcal) content of the total shopping basket. Data were analysed using regression analyses.
settingThree-dimensional virtual supermarket.
participantsDutch adults aged ≥18 years are being responsible for grocery shopping in their household (n 394).
resultsThe SSB tax (OR = 1·62, (95 % CI 1·03, 2·54)) and the nutrient profiling tax (OR = 1·88, (95 %CI 1·17, 3·02)) increased the likelihood of being in a lower-level category of SSB purchases. The overall healthiness of the total shopping basket was higher (+2·7 percent point, (95 % CI 0·1, 5·3)), and the energy content was lower (-3301 kcal, (95 % CI -6425, -177)) for participants in the nutrient profiling tax condition than for those in the control condition. The SSB tax did not affect the overall healthiness and energy content of the total shopping basket (P > 0·05).
conclusionsA nutrient profiling tax targeting a wide range of foods and beverages with a low nutritional quality seems to have larger beneficial effects on consumer food purchases than taxation of SSB alone.
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