Adherence
Fiscal interventions on diet reduce health disparities between socioeconomic groups, with greater mortality reductions observed in lower education groups compared to college graduates.
Policymakers should design fiscal policies to explicitly account for higher price sensitivity in low-income populations. By combining taxes on sugary drinks and red meats with subsidies for fruits and vegetables, the policy can close the health gap between socioeconomic groups, as lower-income individuals are more likely to change their behavior in response to price changes.
Applying a 30% price change and larger price-responsiveness (65%) in low SES, the corresponding reductions were 10.9%... 9.8%... and 6.7%... The latter scenario would reduce disparities in CMD between Americans with lower than high school versus a college education by 3.5 (95% UI 2.3–4.5) percentage points.
Why this rating
Based on modeling of existing data and meta-analyses of price responsiveness.
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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