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How should we evaluate sweetened beverage tax policies? A review of worldwide experience

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Peer-reviewed

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Authors

Colchero, M. Arantxa 
White, Martin 

Abstract

Abstract: Over 45 jurisdictions globally have implemented sweetened beverage taxes. Researchers and policymakers need to assess whether and how these taxes change beverage demand and supply, their intended and unanticipated health, economic and equity impacts. Lessons from such evaluations can maximise the policies’ success and impact on non-communicable disease prevention globally. We discuss key theoretical, design and methodological considerations to help policymakers, funders and researchers commission and conduct rigorous evaluations of these policies and related disease prevention efforts. We encourage involving the perspectives of various stakeholders on what evaluations are needed given the specific context, what data and methods are appropriate, readily available or can be collected within time and budget constraints. A logic model /conceptual system map of anticipated implications across sectors and scales should help identify optimal study design, analytical techniques and measures. These models should be updated when synthesising findings across diverse methods and integrating findings across subpopulations using similar methods.

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Funder: Laura and John Arnold Foundation; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009827


Funder: Bloomberg Philanthropies


Funder: Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica (MX)


Funder: Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003141


Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000865

Keywords

Review, Sugar-sweetened beverage, Tax, Evaluation, Policy, Logic models

Journal Title

BMC Public Health

Conference Name

Journal ISSN

1471-2458

Volume Title

21

Publisher

BioMed Central
Sponsorship
National Institutes of Health (DK098072, DK056350, P2C HD050924)
National Institute for Health Research (16/130/01)
Medical Research Council (UK) (MC/UU/12015/6)
National Institute for Health Research (UK) (ES/G007462/1 and MR/K023187/1)
Wellcome Trust (087636/Z/08/Z)