South Africa’s health promotion Levy on pricing and acquisition of beverages in small stores and supermarkets

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2022

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Cambridge University Press

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In response to concern over rising sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption, in April 2018, South Africa became the first Sub-Saharan African (SSA) country to implement an SSB tax. We assess changes in pricing and acquisition of beverages from local supermarkets and small stores among 18–39-year-old adults living in one township in the Western Cape, before and after tax implementation. This study is among the first evaluations of an SSB tax on the local food environment in a low-income township.

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Food security, Food policy, Sugar-sweetened beverage, South Africa, SSB tax

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Ross, A. et al. (2022). South Africa’s health promotion Levy on pricing and acquisition of beverages in small stores and supermarkets. Public Health Nutrition: 25(5), 1300–1309. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022000507

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https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022000507
 http://hdl.handle.net/10566/7571

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Research Articles (Human Ecology and Dietetics)