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The impact of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages on diabetes : a critical review
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Abstract
The global burden of type 2 diabetes is increasing at an alarming rate, fuelled by the obesity epidemic, with significant associated health and economic consequences and apparent inequalities. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are a major source of added sugars in diets worldwide and have been linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes through a variety of mechanisms, including excess weight. Taxing SSBs has become a promising public health strategy to reduce consumption and mitigate the burden of type 2 diabetes. A substantial body of evidence suggests that SSB taxes lead to increased prices and subsequent reduced consumption, with a potentially greater effect among lower socioeconomic groups. This highlights the potential for tax policies to have an impact on type 2 diabetes and address health inequalities. Evidence from several ongoing SSB tax schemes, including sales and excise taxes, indicates positive effects on improving consumption patterns, and modelling studies point to health gains by averting type 2 diabetes and other cardiometabolic diseases. In contrast, evidence from empirical evaluation of the impact of SSB tax is scarce. Continued monitoring and the strengthening of evaluation research to develop context-tailored policies are required. In addition, there is a need to implement complementary efforts to amplify the impact of SSB taxation and effectively address the global burden of type 2 diabetes.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Diabetologia / European Association for the Study of Diabetes. - Berlin, 1965, currens
Publication
New york : Springer , 2024
ISSN
0012-186X [print]
1432-0428 [online]
DOI
10.1007/S00125-023-06064-6
Volume/pages
67 (2024) , p. 420-429
ISI
001136166300002
Pubmed ID
38177563
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Creation 01.02.2024
Last edited 01.07.2024
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