Association between tax on sugar sweetened beverages and soft drink consumption in adults in Mexico: open cohort longitudinal analysis of Health Workers Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine changes in categories of soft drink consumption in a cohort of Mexican adults, three years after the implementation of the sugar sweetened beverage tax.

Design

Open cohort longitudinal analysis.

Setting

Three waves of the Health Workers Cohort Study, Mexico, spanning 2004 to 2018.

Participants

1770 people aged 19 years or older with information on drinks consumption available in at least one of the three cohort waves.

Main outcome measure

Change in probability of belonging to one of four categories of soft drinks consumption (non, low, medium, high) after the tax was implemented. Heterogeneity of associations by income and education was also assessed.

Results

Before the implementation of the tax, more than 50% of the participa

SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Romero LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7201935 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature