Taxes and front-of-package labels improve the healthiness of beverage and snack purchases: a randomized experimental marketplace

• Published in: The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 46
• Main Authors: Acton, Rachel B., Jones, Amanda C., Kirkpatrick, Sharon I., Roberto, Christina A., Hammond, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 21.05.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Analysis; Appetite; Beverages; Beverages - economics; Canada; Canadians; Censuses; Communicable diseases; Consumer Behavior; Consumer research; Consumers; Consumption; Descriptive labeling; Diet; Excise taxes; Experimental marketplace; Female; Food; Food Labeling; Front-of-package labels; fruit juices; Health aspects; Health Behavior; Health care; Health promotion; Health warnings; healthy diet; Humans; issues and policy; Laws, regulations and rules; Lipids; Male; markets; Middle Aged; Models, Economic; Nutrition; Nutrition research; Planning; Public health; Purchasing; Sales; saturated fats; Snack foods; Snacks; sodium; Sugar; Sugar tax; Sugar-sweetened beverages; sugars; Sweeteners; Taxation; Taxes; Young Adult; Canada; Ecuador; Mexico; United Kingdom > UK; Chile; France; Sugar-sweetened beverages; Health warnings; Sugar tax; Experimental marketplace; Taxes; Front-of-package labels

Sugar taxes and front-of-package (FOP) nutrition labelling systems are strategies to address diet-related non-communicable diseases. However, there is relatively little experimental data on how these strategies influence consumer behavior and how they may interact. This study examined the relative i...