Sugar-sweetened beverages: taxation evidence from seven European countries and recommendations for implementation in other EU regions

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a8210" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a8210</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a8210" target="_blank" >10.21101/cejph.a8210</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Sugar-sweetened beverages: taxation evidence from seven European countries and recommendations for implementation in other EU regions

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Objectives: Higher-than-recommended sugar consumption (<10% of total energy intake; WHO) leads to negative health impacts and the development of serious diseases. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) proved to be among the leading sources of free sugar intake, as they contain large amounts of added sugar. Our article aims to propose tax measures that will help change consumer behaviour and reduce SSB consumption. Methods: For a comparison of the forms of taxation, the experience of seven countries (Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Catalonia - Spain and the UK) were analysed. The evolution of sugar consumption, consumption of sweetened drinks and obesity before and after the introduction and/or abolition of the sugar tax were reviewed. Results: States that implemented a tax on SSBs were able to reduce SSB consumption in the first year after the tax was introduced when states with a sugar-content-based tax have implemented it more effectively than states with a volume-based tax. Based on this finding, we propose basic design assumptions for the tax that can be used in European countries that have not yet introduced the tax. Progressive taxation divides beverages into 3 bands. The basic assumption is to encourage the desired consumer behaviour, i.e. consumption of SSBs with lower sugar content. The proposed tax design is applied to the conditions of the Czech Republic as a model case study. Conclusions: The results of our study suggest that SSB taxation could be an effective policy intervention to improve population health by reducing the health impacts of SSB among children and adolescents, although further studies are needed to prove the causality of the described associations

Název v anglickém jazyce

Sugar-sweetened beverages: taxation evidence from seven European countries and recommendations for implementation in other EU regions

Popis výsledku anglicky

Objectives: Higher-than-recommended sugar consumption (<10% of total energy intake; WHO) leads to negative health impacts and the development of serious diseases. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) proved to be among the leading sources of free sugar intake, as they contain large amounts of added sugar. Our article aims to propose tax measures that will help change consumer behaviour and reduce SSB consumption. Methods: For a comparison of the forms of taxation, the experience of seven countries (Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Catalonia - Spain and the UK) were analysed. The evolution of sugar consumption, consumption of sweetened drinks and obesity before and after the introduction and/or abolition of the sugar tax were reviewed. Results: States that implemented a tax on SSBs were able to reduce SSB consumption in the first year after the tax was introduced when states with a sugar-content-based tax have implemented it more effectively than states with a volume-based tax. Based on this finding, we propose basic design assumptions for the tax that can be used in European countries that have not yet introduced the tax. Progressive taxation divides beverages into 3 bands. The basic assumption is to encourage the desired consumer behaviour, i.e. consumption of SSBs with lower sugar content. The proposed tax design is applied to the conditions of the Czech Republic as a model case study. Conclusions: The results of our study suggest that SSB taxation could be an effective policy intervention to improve population health by reducing the health impacts of SSB among children and adolescents, although further studies are needed to prove the causality of the described associations

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30300 - Health sciences

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Central European Journal of Public Health

ISSN

1210-7778

e-ISSN

1803-1048

Svazek periodika

32

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

279-287

Kód UT WoS článku

001427346500010

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85218071850