Projected health and economic impacts of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in Germany: A cross-validation modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) have been implemented globally to reduce the burden of cardiometabolic diseases by disincentivizing consumption through increased prices (e.g., 1 peso/litre tax in Mexico) or incentivizing industry reformulation to reduce SSB sugar content (e.g., tiered structure of the United Kingdom [UK] Soft Drinks Industry Levy [SDIL]). In Germany, where no tax on SSBs is enacted, the health and economic impact of SSB taxation using the experience from internationally implemented tax designs has not been evaluated. The objective of this study was to estimate the health and economic impact of national SSBs taxation scenarios in Germany.

Methods and findings

In this modelling study, we evaluated a 20% ad valorem SSB tax with/without taxa

SUBMITTER: Emmert-Fees KMF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10662751 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature