Evaluation of Economic and Health Outcomes Associated With Food Taxes and Subsidies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Fiscal policy is a promising approach to incentivizing better food choices and reducing the burden of chronic disease. To inform guidelines on using fiscal policies, including taxes and subsidies, to promote health, the World Health Organization commissioned a systematic review and meta-analysis of the worldwide literature on the outcomes of such policies for food products.

Objective

To assess the outcomes of implemented food taxes and subsidies for prices, sales, consumption, and population-level diet and health.

Data sources

Eight bibliographic databases were searched for peer-reviewed literature and 14 data sources along with governmental websites were searched for grey literature that were published from database inception through June 1, 2020. There we

SUBMITTER: Andreyeva T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9161015 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature