Effect of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation on sugars intake and dental caries: an umbrella review of a global perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As part of the Global Strategy on Oral health, the World Health Organization (WHO) is exploring cost-effective interventions for oral health, including taxation on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). To inform this process, this umbrella review aimed to identify the best available estimates pertaining to the impact of SSB taxation on the reduction of sugars intake, and the sugars-caries dose-response, such that estimates of the impact of SSB taxation on averting dental caries in both high (HIC) and low and middle (LMIC) countries be available.

Methods

The questions addressed were: (1) what are the effects of SSB taxation on consumption of SSBs and (2) sugars? (3) What is the effect on caries of decreasing sugars? and (4) what is the likely impact of a 20% volumetric

SUBMITTER: Hajishafiee M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10224604 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature