Impacts of a sugar sweetened beverage tax on body mass index and obesity in Thailand: A modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes to address obesity. Thailand has just launched the new tax rates for SSB in 2017; however, the existing tax rate is not as high as the 20% recommended by the WHO. The objective for this study was to estimate the impacts of an SSB tax on body mass index (BMI) and obesity prevalence in Thailand under three different scenarios based on existing SSB and recommended tax rates.

Methods

A base model was built to estimate the impacts of an SSB tax on SSB consumption, energy intake, BMI, and obesity prevalence. Literature review was conducted to estimate pass on rate, price elasticity, energy compensation, and energy balance to weight change. Different tax rates (11%, 20% and 25%) were used

SUBMITTER: Phonsuk P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8084227 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature