Averting obesity and type 2 diabetes in India through sugar-sweetened beverage taxation : an economic-epidemiologic modeling study
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2014-01
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Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption is a major risk factor for overweight and obesity, as well as an array of cardio-metabolic conditions, especially type 2 diabetes. Nationwide taxation may be perverse if benefits accrue among only select populations while monetary penalties apply universally, especially if the tax burden but not the tax benefit falls disproportionately on the poor. The study estimates potential health effects of such a fiscal strategy in India, where there is heterogeneity in SSB consumption, patterns of substitution between SSBs and other beverages after tax increases, and vast differences in chronic disease risk within the population.
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OBESITY, INDIA, DIABETES, TAXATION, CHRONIC DISEASES, FISCAL POLICY, PUBLIC HEALTH, NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, SOUTH ASIA, DISEASE PREVENTION, SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGES
Citation
Basu, S., Vellakkal, S., Agrawal, S., Stuckler, D., Popkin, B., Ebrahim, S. (2014). Averting Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in India through Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxation: An Economic-Epidemiologic Modeling Study. PLoS Med, 11(1), e1001582. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001582