Sixteen-year trends in adolescent consumption of sugar-sweetened soda in six European countries with a soda tax and comparison countries: a repeated cross-sectional survey analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine changes in the proportions of daily, weekly and occasional consumers of sugar-sweetened soda in six European countries that introduced/updated a tax between 2001-2002 and 2017-2018 and in neighbouring comparison countries (without a tax).

Design

Repeated cross-sectional surveys.

Setting

Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study, spanning five survey years (school years 2001-2002 to 2017-2018).

Participants

Nationally representative samples of 13-year- and 15-year-old adolescents (n 236 623, 51·0 % girls).

Results

Tax sizes (€0·02/l to €0·22/l) and pre-tax soda consumption were heterogeneous across countries. Prevalence of daily soda consumption reduced in the survey year following tax implementation in Latvia (from 17·9 t

SUBMITTER: Chatelan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9989715 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature