Decreasing the burden of type 2 diabetes in South Africa : The Impact of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

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dc.contributor.authorManyema, Mercy
dc.contributor.authorVeerman, J. Lennert
dc.contributor.authorChola, Lumbwe
dc.contributor.authorTugendhaft, Aviva
dc.contributor.authorLabadarios, Demetre
dc.contributor.authorHofman, Karen
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-23T19:03:49Z
dc.date.available2016-06-23T19:03:49Z
dc.date.copyright2015
dc.date.issued2015-11
dc.description.abstractType 2 diabetes poses an increasing public health burden in South Africa (SA) with obesity as the main driver of the epidemic. Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is linked to weight gain, and reducing SSB consumption may significantly impact the prevalence of obesity and related diseases. Fiscal policy on SSBs has the potential to mitigate the diabetes epidemic in South Africa. This study estimates the effect of a 20% SSB tax on the burden of diabetes in SA: over 20 years, a 20% SSB tax could reduce diabetes incident cases by 106,000 in women, and by 54,000 in men; and prevalence in all adults by 4.0%.en
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dc.identifier.citationManyema, M., Veerman, J.L., Chola, L., Tugendhaft, A., Labadarios, D., & Hofman, K. (2015). Decreasing the Burden of Type 2 Diabetes in South Africa: The Impact of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages. PLoS ONE, 10(11), e0143050. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143050en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/55625
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dc.publisherPLOSen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleDecreasing the burden of type 2 diabetes in South Africa : The Impact of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beveragesen
dc.typeJournal Article (peer-reviewed)en
idrc.copyright.holderManyema et al.
idrc.copyright.oapermissionsourceCC BYen
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.componentnumber106882001
idrc.project.number106882
idrc.project.titleThe Economic and Health Impacts of Legislative Fiscal Policies to Improve Nutrition in South Africaen
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberIC36-1643402171-119383
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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