Evaluating the 2014 sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Chile: An observational study in urban areas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In October 2014, Chile implemented a tax modification on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) called the Impuesto Adicional a las Bebidas Analcohólicas (IABA). The design of the tax was unique, increasing the tax on soft drinks above 6.25 grams of added sugar per 100 mL and decreasing the tax for those below this threshold.

Methods and findings

This study evaluates Chile's SSB tax, which was announced in March 2014 and implemented in October 2014. We used household-level grocery-purchasing data from 2011 to 2015 for 2,836 households living in cities representative of the urban population of Chile. We employed a fixed-effects econometric approach and estimated the before-after change in purchasing of SSBs controlling for seasonality, general time trend, temperature, an

SUBMITTER: Nakamura R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6029775 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature