Sugar and health in South Africa : potential challenges to leveraging policy change
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2015
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Routledge
Abstract
This paper focuses on a sugar sweetened beverage (SSB) tax. The purpose of the paper is to highlight the challenges that government might anticipate. Affected industry actors have been part of the South African economy for over a century and remain influential. In summary, policy needs to be introduced with a political strategy sensitive to the various interests at stake. To deflect attention, the sugar industry can be expected either to advocate for self-regulation or to promote public–private partnerships. This paper cautions against both approaches as evidence suggests they will be ineffective in curbing the negative health impacts caused by excessive sugar consumption.
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SUGAR, SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX, OBESITY, NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
Citation
Myers, A., Fig, D., Tugendhaft, A., Mandle, J., Myers, J., & Hofman, K. (2015). Sugar and health in South Africa: Potential challenges to leveraging policy change. Global Public Health, doi:10.1080/17441692.2015.1071419