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The political economy of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: an analysis from seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa

Global Health Action, 2021
Background: Non-communicable diseases are on the rise across sub-Saharan Africa. The region has become a targeted growth market for sugar-sweetened beverages, which are associated with weight gain, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
Agnes Erzse, Karen J Hofman, Charles Mulindabigwi Ruhara   +2 more
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Study design: policy landscape analysis for sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in seven sub-Saharan African countries

Global Health Action, 2021
This paper reports on the design of a study to examine the policy landscape relevant to sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in seven sub-Saharan African countries.
Agnes Erzse, Karen J Hofman, Charles Mulindabigwi Ruhara   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Association between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption frequency and muscle strength: results from a sample of Chinese adolescents

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Although sugar-sweetened beverage consumption has become an important and widespread concern, there are few studies on the association between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption frequency and muscle strength in Chinese adolescents.
Yunjie Zhang, Pan Xu, Yongjing Song, Nan Ma, Jinkui Lu   +4 more
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System dynamics modelling to engage community stakeholders in addressing water and sugar sweetened beverage consumption

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2022
Background Participatory approaches to develop community-based system dynamics models to tackle complexity are promising, but research is needed in how simulation models can be developed with community stakeholders to yield significant system insights ...
Andrew D. Brown, Kristy A. Bolton, Brydie Clarke, Penny Fraser, Janette Lowe, Jake Kays, Peter S. Hovmand, Steven Allender   +7 more
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Health behavior patterns of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among Brazilian adolescents in a nationally representative school-based study.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Studies on sugar-sweetened beverage consumption patterns can help in the individual and population level management of chronic non-communicable diseases and other conditions.
Luana Lara Rocha, Milene Cristine Pessoa, Lucia Helena Almeida Gratão, Ariene Silva do Carmo, Cristiane de Freitas Cunha, Tatiana Rezende Prado Rangel de Oliveira, Larissa Loures Mendes   +6 more
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Can children discriminate sugar-sweetened from non-nutritively sweetened beverages and how do they like them? [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
BACKGROUND: Replacement of sugar-sweetened by non-nutritively sweetened beverages or water may reduce excess weight gain in children. However, it is unclear whether children like non-nutritively sweetened beverages as much as sugar-sweetened beverages ...
Janne C de Ruyter, Martijn B Katan, Rosa Kas, Margreet R Olthof   +3 more
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The legal feasibility of adopting a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in seven sub-Saharan African countries

Global Health Action, 2021
Background: A number of countries have adopted sugar-sweetened beverage taxes to prevent non-communicable diseases but there is variance in the structures and rates of the taxes.
Safura Abdool Karim, Agnes Erzse, Anne-Marie Thow, Hans Justus Amukugo, Charles Ruhara, Gemma Ahaibwe, Gershim Asiki, Mulenga M. Mukanu, Twalib Ngoma, Milka Wanjohi, Abel Karera, Karen Hofman   +11 more
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Framing and Themes of the City of Boulder's Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Coverage in the Local News From 2016 to 2018

AJPM Focus, 2023
The objective of this paper was to analyze the contents of opinion and news articles related to the city of Boulder's sugar-sweetened beverage excise tax campaigns in Boulder's only local newspaper. We searched for articles in The Daily Camera related to
Kristen Daly, PhD, MPH, Meredith Fort, PhD, MPH, Jennifer Falbe, ScD, MPH   +2 more
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Strengthening prevention of nutrition-related non-communicable diseases through sugar-sweetened beverages tax in Rwanda: a policy landscape analysis

Global Health Action, 2021
Background: Food and beverages high in sugar are recognized to be among the major risk factors for nutrition-related non-communicable diseases. The growing presence of ultra-processed food producers has resulted in shifts to diets that are associated ...
Charles Mulindabigwi Ruhara, Safura Abdool Karim, Agnes Erzse, Anne-Marie Thow, Sylvere Ntirampeba, Karen J Hofman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring attitudes toward taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages in rural Michigan

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2021
Background While policies to address “obesity” have existed for decades, they have commonly focused on behavioral interventions. More recently, the taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages is gaining traction globally.
Andrea E. Bombak, Taylor E. Colotti, Dolapo Raji, Natalie D. Riediger   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source