The caloric and sugar content of beverages purchased at different store-types changed after the sugary drinks taxation in Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Following the 2014 sugary drinks tax implementation in Mexico, promising reduction in the volume of purchases of taxed beverages were observed overall and at different store-types. However, the tax's effects on purchasing patterns of calories and sugar remain unclear.

Methods

Using longitudinal data from Mexican households (n = 7038), we examined changes in volume, calories and total sugar of packaged beverages purchased from 2012 to 2016 overall and by store-type. We used fixed effects models to estimate means for volume, calories, and sugar of households. To address the potential selectivity from households shopping at different stores, we calculated inverse probability weights to model the purchases changes over time by store-type.

Results

For taxed beve

SUBMITTER: Pedraza LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6849184 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature