Projected health and economic impacts of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in Germany: A cross-validation modelling study

ConclusionsIn this study, we found that SSB taxation in Germany could help to reduce the national burden of noncommunicable diseases and save a substantial amount of societal costs. A tiered tax designed to incentivize reformulation of SSBs towards less sugar might have a larger population-level health and economic impact than an ad valorem tax that incentivizes consumer behaviour change only through increased prices.
Source: PLoS Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Source Type: research