Journal article
Effects of health-related food taxes and subsidies on mortality from diet-related disease in New Zealand: An econometric-epidemiologic modelling study
CN Mhurchu, H Eyles, M Genc, P Scarborough, M Rayner, A Mizdrak, K Nnoaham, T Blakely
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2015
Abstract
Background Health-related food taxes and subsidies may promote healthier diets and reduce mortality. Our aim was to estimate the effects of health-related food taxes and subsidies on deaths prevented or postponed (DPP) in New Zealand. Methods A macrosimulation model based on household expenditure data, demand elasticities and population impact fractions for 18 diet-related diseases was used to estimate effects of five tax and subsidy regimens. We used price elasticity values for 24 major commonly consumed food groups in New Zealand, and food expenditure data from national Household Economic Surveys. Changes in mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and other diet-related dis..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This research was funded by a Health Research Council of New Zealand (http://www.hrc.govt.nz/) programme grant (10/077). Helen Eyles was supported by a New Zealand Heart Foundation (http://www.heartfoundation.org.nz/) Postgraduate Scholarship (Grant 1463). Murat Genc was supported by a University of Otago (http://www.otago.ac.nz/) Research Grant. Anja Mizdrak is funded by a British Heart Foundation Non-Clinical PhD Studentship (FS/13/37/30295) and Peter Scarborough and Mike Rayner are also supported by the British Heart Foundation (http://www.bhf.org.uk). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.