Reduction in sugar intake after the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: a difference-in-differences analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2018, Scotland introduced a minimum unit pricing (MUP) policy to remove very-low-cost alcoholic drinks from the market in an effort to reduce the adverse impacts of excessive alcohol consumption. Any increased spending on alcohol may be associated with reduced food and lower diet quality.

Objectives

This study aimed to estimate the relationship between MUP and dietary energy, nutrients, and diet quality.

Methods

Difference-in-differences analyses were conducted on household-level purchase data, collected by Kantar Worldpanel (KWP) over 53 wk before and 54 wk after the implementation of MUP, from 1987 households in Scotland and 6064 households in the north of England. The Poisson pseudomaximum likelihood regression model with household fixed effects was u

SUBMITTER: Leckcivilize A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12917215 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature