Does the Mexican sugar-sweetened beverage tax have a signaling effect? ENSANUT 2016.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the potential signaling effect of the Mexican tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) by analyzing the association between awareness of and opinions about its effectiveness with current consumption of taxed SSBs and with a self-reported change in consumption of SSBs since the implementation of the tax. We also examined the association between psychosocial and environmental determinants of SSB consumption with current consumption of taxed SSBs and with a reported change in consumption of SSBs. METHODS:Cross-sectional analyses of survey and food-frequency questionnaire data from the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2016. Participants were Mexican adults (20-59 years, N = 6,650). Logistic regression was used to evaluate the probability of a person reporting a

SUBMITTER: Alvarez-Sanchez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6104929 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature