Getting the Price Right: How Nutrition and Obesity Prevention Strategies Address Food and Beverage Pricing Within High-Income Countries

Purpose of Review Food and beverage prices are major influences on dietary intakes. International health bodies recommend leveraging food prices to create healthier food environments. A policy review was conducted to understand the extent to which national nutrition and obesity prevention policy str...

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Published in:Current nutrition reports 2020-03, Vol.9 (1), p.42-53
Main Authors: Zorbas, Christina, Grigsby-Duffy, Lily, Backholer, Kathryn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beverages - economics
Cardiology
Cardiovascular Disease (JHY Wu
Clinical Nutrition
Commerce - legislation & jurisprudence
Developed Countries - economics
Diabetes
Diet - standards
Food - economics
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nutrition Policy - economics
Nutrition Policy - legislation & jurisprudence
Obesity - prevention & control
Oncology
Section Editor
Topical Collection on Cardiovascular Disease
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Summary:Purpose of Review Food and beverage prices are major influences on dietary intakes. International health bodies recommend leveraging food prices to create healthier food environments. A policy review was conducted to understand the extent to which national nutrition and obesity prevention policy strategies within high-income countries (i) consider food price as a determinant of health and (ii) propose and implement policies to rebalance food pricing towards healthier options. Recent Findings Policy strategies were inconsistent and fragmented in their inclusion of food prices as determinants of diet-related health. The equity benefits of pricing policies were often indicated. Fiscal measures and food subsidies in schools were the most commonly proposed and implemented pricing policies, predominantly used in Europe. Summary Price is a pertinent but underutilized policy lever in nutrition policy. Comprehensive food and beverage pricing strategies need to be identified, adopted and implemented to improve population diets for everyone.
ISSN:2161-3311
2161-3311
DOI:10.1007/s13668-020-00300-w