Association Between a State-Level Fat Tax and Fast Food Purchases.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

India faces an increasing obesity problem, including in the Indian state of Kerala in which the fat tax was implemented but was nullified 11 months later. A fat tax, defined as a tax on unhealthy foods, may be associated with changes in food purchases and outcomes for multiple diet-related diseases.

Objective

To investigate the association between the state-level fat tax and fast food purchases in Kerala, India.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study analyzed a large-scale credit and debit card transaction data set and aggregated this sample at the account-year-month level of fast food purchases in Kerala state and 9 major cities in other Indian states (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Surat). Pur

SUBMITTER: Agarwal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10580107 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature