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Empirical evidence of the efficiency and efficacy of fat taxes and thin subsidies
J. S. Clark, L. O. Dittrich, Q. Xu
Language English Country Czech Republic
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PubMed
25438400
DOI
10.21101/cejph.a3933
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- MeSH
- Taxes economics MeSH
- Dietary Carbohydrates economics MeSH
- Dietary Fats economics MeSH
- Energy Intake MeSH
- Body Mass Index MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Commerce economics MeSH
- Obesity prevention & control MeSH
- Food economics MeSH
- Socioeconomic Factors MeSH
- Nutrition Policy * MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
This study summarizes the empirical literature on fat taxes and thin subsidies to assess their efficiency and efficacy as instruments of public policy to control obesity. Three specific types of taxes are studied in the literature: food group taxes; nutrient taxes; and nutrient index taxes. Anumber of studies use food expenditure data to assess the impact of various taxes on obesity and therefore only indirectly measure the impacts of taxes and subsidies on obesity. These studies generally conclude that food group taxes, nutrient taxes and nutrient index taxes have a small impact on the purchases of food and the nutrients purchased. Other studies use the body mass index as the explanatory variable and thus measure the impacts of taxes on body mass index directly. Nutrient taxes are found to be more effective than food group taxes, although even for nutrient taxes, the effects are small. In general, thin subsidies seem to offer more effective control of obesity than obesity taxes. However, due to the small effects of both fat taxes and thin subsidies, they are not recommended as instruments of food and nutrition policy.
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