Adherence
Implementing a 10% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages and subsidies on healthy foods (fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts/seeds) reduces cardiometabolic disease mortality by altering dietary intake patterns.
For policymakers, this evidence supports enacting a 10% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages and processed/red meats, while using the revenue to subsidize fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and nuts. This dual approach shifts consumer behavior toward healthier options, resulting in a measurable reduction in heart disease and diabetes deaths, particularly benefiting lower-income populations who are more price-sensitive.
Jointly altering prices of all seven dietary factors (10% each, with 18% greater price-responsiveness by SES) would prevent 23,174 (95% UI 22,024–24,595) CMD deaths/year
Why this rating
Uses nationally representative data and comparative risk assessment, but relies on modeled price elasticities rather than a direct RCT of the specific policy mix.
Source
The potential impact of food taxes and subsidies on cardiovascular disease and diabetes burden and disparities in the United States
José L. Peñalvo et al. · BMC Medicine · 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12916-017-0971-9
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