Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes in Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID11031076
AuthorsRafael Moreira Claro (0000-0001-9690-575X, Universidade de São Paulo), Renata B Levy (0000-0001-5388-7002, Rafael M. Claro and Renata B. Levy are with the Center for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Barry M. Popkin is with the Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill. Carlos A. Monteiro is with the Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo.), Barry M Popkin (0000-0001-9495-9324, Rafael M. Claro and Renata B. Levy are with the Center for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Barry M. Popkin is with the Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill. Carlos A. Monteiro is with the Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo.), Carlos Augusto Monteiro (0000-0002-3777-1533, Universidade de São Paulo)
Year2012
Volume102
Issue1
Pages178-183
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2011.300313
PMID22095333
PMCIDPMC3490548
OpenAlexW2116218214
LanguageEN
Citations received31
References cited36

Objectives. We investigated whether taxing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) would improve the diets of households in Brazil. Methods. We used household food consumption data that the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics collected in 2002–2003 from a nationally representative sample of 48 470 Brazilian households. The consumption of SSBs is expressed as the total SSB calories consumed and as the SSB percentage of the total calories purchased. We investigated price elasticity with regression models, controlling for demographic variables, income, and prices of all other foods and drinks. Results. Increases in the price of SSBs led to reductions in consumption. A 1.00% increase in the price of SSBs led to a 0.85% reduction of SSB calories consumed (1.03% reduction for the poor and 0.63% for the nonpoor). Increased income had a positive effect on SSB consumption, but the effect was less than half the size of the price elasticity (0.41% increase in SSB calories consumed for every 1.00% increase in income). Conclusions. High SSB price elasticity in Brazil indicates that a tax on purchased weight or volume would lead to reductions in SSB consumption

Agricultural economics · Biology · Calorie · Consumption (sociology) · Economics · Environmental health · Income elasticity of demand · Labour economics · Microeconomics · Price elasticity of demand · Sugar · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets · Food Science · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

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