Author | Study | Setting | Intervention | Quality∆ | Outcome measured | SEP measurement | Effect on SEP inequalities† |
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Allais [ 34 ] | Modelling study | France | 10% Tax on high energy density food: | 2 | Change in fat consumed (%) | Household income | ↓ |
Cash [ 40 ] | Modelling study | USA | 1% Subsidy on fruit and vegetables | 2 | CHD incidence | Household income | ↑* |
Dallongeville [ 35 ] | Modelling study | France | 5.5% to 2.1% Subsidy on fruit and vegetables | 2 | Change in mean fruit and vegetable consumption (g/d) | Household income | ↔* |
Food stamp program for fruit and vegetables | ↓* | ||||||
Finkelstein [41] | Modelling study | Canada | 20% Tax on high energy density food | 2 | Mean change in energy intake from all beverages | Household income | ↔* |
40% tax on carbonated sugar sweetened beverages | ↔* | ||||||
20% tax on all sugar sweetened beverages | ↔* | ||||||
40% tax on all sugar sweetened beverages | ↔* | ||||||
Nederkoorn [ 36 ] | RCT | Holland | 50% Tax on high energy density food | 5 | % change in calories purchased in lean individuals | Food budget | ↓* |
Nnoaham [ 37 ] | Modelling study | UK | 17.5% tax on high energy density foods | 2 | % change in calorie intake | Household income | ↔* |
17.5% tax on food classified as ‘less healthy’ by nutrient profiling | ↓* | ||||||
Combined the taxation on ‘less healthy’ foods with a 17.5% subsidy on fruit and vegetables | ↓* | ||||||
As above with a 32.5% subsidy on fruit and vegetables | ↓* | ||||||
Sharma [ 42 ] | Modelling study | Australia | 20% tax on sugar sweetened beverages | 2 | Mean net change in body weight in kg | Household income | ↑* |
Smed [ 38 ] | Modelling study | Denmark | 5% tax on fatty meat and dairy products with subsidies on fruit and vegetables, potatoes and grain products | 2 | Change in nutrient demand of saturated fat (%) | Social class | ↓ |
7.89 DKK/kg tax on saturated fats with subsidies on fibre | ↓ | ||||||
7.89 DKK/kg tax on saturated fats with subsidies on fibre with an additional 10.3 DKK/kg tax on sugar | ↓ | ||||||
Tiffin [ 39 ] | Modelling study | UK | 1% Tax on fatty food for every % saturated fat content with a matching subsidy on fruit and vegetables | 2 | % change in energy intake | Occupation | ↓ |