ArticleBMJ open2023
Industry views of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: a thematic analysis of elite interviews with food and drink industry professionals, 2018-2020.
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- Conducting industry informant interviews to advance healthy food retail initiatives: challenges, opportunities, and lessons.Health promotion international · 2024Article
- Outcomes of sugar reduction policies, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2024Article
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objectivesThe UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL), implemented in 2018, has been successful in reducing the sugar content and purchasing of soft drinks, with limited financial impact on industry. Understanding the views of food and drink industry professionals involved in reacting to the SDIL is important for policymaking. However, their perceptions of the challenges of implementation and strategic responses are unknown. The aim of this study, therefore, was to explore how senior food and drink industry professionals viewed the SDIL.
designWe undertook a qualitative descriptive study using elite interviews. Data were analysed using Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis, taking an inductive exploratory and descriptive approach not informed by prior theory or frameworks. SETTING AND
participantsInterviews were conducted via telephone with 14 senior professionals working in the food and drink industry.
resultsFive main themes were identified:
conclusionsInsights from senior food and drink industry professionals illustrate how sugar-sweetened beverage taxes might be successfully implemented and improve understanding of industry responses to taxes and other food and drink policies. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN18042742.
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