Food pricing strategies, population diets, and non-communicable disease: a systematic review of simulation studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food pricing strategies have been proposed to encourage healthy eating habits, which may in turn help stem global increases in non-communicable diseases. This systematic review of simulation studies investigates the estimated association between food pricing strategies and changes in food purchases or intakes (consumption) (objective 1); Health and disease outcomes (objective 2), and whether there are any differences in these outcomes by socio-economic group (objective 3).

Methods and findings

Electronic databases, Internet search engines, and bibliographies of included studies were searched for articles published in English between 1 January 1990 and 24 October 2011 for countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Where ≥ 3 studies exa

SUBMITTER: Eyles H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3519906 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature