Evaluation of Changes in Grams of Sugar Sold After the Implementation of the Seattle Sweetened Beverage Tax.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Adults and children routinely exceed recommended intake amounts of added sugars established by dietary guidelines. Taxes are used as a policy tool to reduce demand for sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) given consumption-related adverse health outcomes but may induce substitution to other sources of added sugars.

Objective

To examine the extent to which changes in grams of sugar sold from taxed beverages may be offset by changes in grams of sugar sold from untaxed beverages, sweets, and stand-alone sugar after the implementation of the Seattle, Washington, Sweetened Beverage Tax (SBT) on January 1, 2018.

Design, setting, and participants

This study used difference-in-differences analyses to examine changes in grams of sugar sold from taxed and untaxed product

SUBMITTER: Powell LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8571660 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature