Association of a Sweetened Beverage Tax With Purchases of Beverages and High-Sugar Foods at Independent Stores in Philadelphia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The relationship between a sweetened beverage tax and changes in the prices and purchases of beverages and high-sugar food is understudied in the long term and in small independent food retail stores where sugar-sweetened beverages are among the most commonly purchased items.

Objective

To examine whether a 1.5 cent-per-fluid-ounce excise tax on sugar- and artificially sweetened beverages Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was associated with sustained changes in beverage prices and purchases, as well as calories purchased from beverages and high-sugar foods, over 2 years at small independent stores.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used a difference-in-differences approach to compare changes in beverage prices and purchases of beverages

SUBMITTER: Bleich SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8207239 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature