Differential Responses to Food Price Changes by Personal Characteristic: A Systematic Review of Experimental Studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fiscal interventions to improve population diet have been recommended for consideration by many organisations including the World Health Organisation and the United Nations and policies such as sugar-sweetened beverage taxes have been implemented at national and sub-national levels. However, concerns have been raised with respect to the differential impact of fiscal interventions on population sub-groups and this remains a barrier to implementation.

Objective

To examine how personal characteristics (such as socioeconomic status, sex, impulsivity, and income) moderate changes in purchases of targeted foods in response to food and beverage price changes in experimental settings.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

Online databases (PubMed, EMBASE, W

SUBMITTER: Mizdrak A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4494840 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature