Mexican Households' Purchases of Foods and Beverages Vary by Store-Type, Taxation Status, and SES.

ABSTRACT: Where people shop for food is often linked to the healthiness of food purchases. In Mexico, no research has examined the connection between where people shop, what they buy, and their socioeconomic status (SES). Mexico's sugary beverage and junk food taxes have made households decrease purchases of taxed products. However, whether households have changed where they shop is unknown. To address this gap, we use a repeated cross-sectional analysis of household packaged food and beverage purchases from the Nielsen Mexico Consumer Panel Survey from 2012 to 2015 (n > 5500 households). We examine changes in the volume of the purchase of taxed and untaxed products from different store-types (i.e., convenience stores, supermarkets, traditional retailers, wholesalers, home water-delivery, and

SUBMITTER: Pedraza LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6115932 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature