Giving fruits & vegetables a tax break. Lessons from a Dutch attempt.
Luc Louis HagenaarsTerra L FazzinoJoreintje Dingena MackenbachPublished in: Public health nutrition (2024)
The Dutch attempt to give fruits and vegetables a tax break highlights the need for crystal-clear food classifications when designing food tax policies. Public health nutritionists should combine classifications based on caloric density, palatability, degree of processing, and nutrient content to provide a database for evidence-informed tax differentiation according to food item healthfulness.