Affordability of sugar-sweetened beverages and nonessential energy-dense foods after taxation, Mexico, 2010–2022

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ID14965310
AuthorsNéstor A Sánchez-Ortiz (Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Cuernavaca, Mexico), Néstor A Sánchez‐Ortiz (0000-0002-2570-6419, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, corresponding author), A Flores (0000-0002-1887-0659, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública), Adriana Vargas Flores (Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Cuernavaca, Mexico), Jesús E Morales-Ríos (0000-0003-4166-3030, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Cuernavaca, Mexico), J Alai Quiroz-Reyes (Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Cuernavaca, Mexico), M A Colchero (0000-0002-4891-7120, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública)
Year2025
Volume49
Pages1
Publication date2025-02-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
PublisherPan American Health Organization (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.26633/rpsp.2025.10
PMID39936099
OpenAlexW4407370935
LanguageEN
References cited27

Current taxes are not high enough to significantly reduce the affordability of these foods and beverages. For low-income households, increases in income were greater than the increases in prices, thus sugar-sweetened beverages and nonessential energy-dense foods did not become less affordable, even after taxes were introduced in 2014. Tax rates would need to increase significantly to reduce affordability, and they should be adjusted for economic growth to compensate for increases in household income

Added sugar · Agricultural economics · Business · Economics · Sugar · Chemistry · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Environmental Science · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Food Science

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