Sugary drinks taxation: industry's lobbying strategies, practices and arguments in the Brazilian Legislature.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the strategies, practices and arguments used by the industry to lobby legislators against sugary drinks taxation in Brazil.

Design

We performed a content analysis of arguments put forward by sugary drink and sugar industries against sugary drinks taxation, using the framework developed by the International Network for Food and Obesity/Non-Communicable Diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support to assess corporate political activity of the food industry.

Setting

Two public hearings held in 2017 and 2018 in the Brazilian Legislature.

Participants

Representatives from two prominent industry associations - one representing Big Soda and the other representing the main sugar, ethanol and bioelectricity producers.

Results

The 'Informat

SUBMITTER: Mariath AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8825954 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature