Consumers ditch the sweet life after sour taste of sugar tax bites Study finds that since the introduction of a ‘sugar tax’, sales of sugar-sweetened beverages have dropped 11 April 2021 - 17:57
Things are not so sweet in the sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) industry after a study found consumption dwindled after the implementation, in 2018, of SA’s “sugar tax”.
The study (https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2542-5196%2820%2930304-1) was published last week in Lancet Planetary Health. It was compiled by the South African Medical Research Council’s Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science (Priceless-SA) in the School of Public Health at Johannesburg’s Wits University and the University of the Western Cape (UWC), in partnership with the University of North Carolina in the US. ..
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9 April 2021 - Wits University
A study by PRICELESS-SA and partners shows that SA’s 2018 “sugar tax” led to a reduction in purchases of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs).
This could mean that purchasers are consuming less excess sugar and calories, which suggests less obesity.
The findings are consistent with evaluations in other countries with sugar-sweetened beverages taxes, where taxing sugary drinks is an effective public health strategy to reduce the burden of health conditions linked to overconsumption of sugar.
South Africa faces an increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and cancers â diseases that can be linked to increased consumption of sugar, particularly from beverages.
2021-04-09 18:30:38 GMT2021-04-10 02:30:38(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
JOHANNESBURG, April 9 (Xinhua) South Africa s introduction of 2018 sugar tax has led to a reduction in purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages, according to a research by experts.
The study was done by The SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science (PRICELESS SA) in partnership with the University of North Carolina, U.S.
Researchers examined more than 3,000 households purchases before and after the implementation of the tax to assess any changes in daily sugar, calories, and volume of taxed and non-taxed beverages.
The results showed that households reduced sugar by 51 percent, calories by 52 percent and 29 percent reduction in volume of beverages purchased per person per day following implementation of the sugar tax, said PRICELESS SA senior researcher Nicholas Stacey.