An umbrella review of the acceptability of fiscal and pricing policies to reduce diet-related noncommunicable disease.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Poor diet has been implicated in a range of noncommunicable diseases. Fiscal and pricing policies (FPs) may offer a means by which consumption of food and non-alcoholic beverages with links to such diseases can be influenced to improve public health.

Objective

To examine the acceptability of FPs to reduce diet-related noncommunicable disease, based on systematic review evidence.

Data sources

MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsychInfo, SCI, SSCI, Web of Science, Scopus, EconLit, the Cochrane Library, Epistemonikos, and the Campbell Collaboration Library were searched for relevant studies published between January 1, 1990 and June 2021.

Data extraction

The studies included systematic reviews of diet-related FPs and: used real-world evidence; examined real or perceived ba

SUBMITTER: Barry LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10494142 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature