Expected population weight and diabetes impact of the 1-peso-per-litre tax to sugar sweetened beverages in Mexico.
Tonatiuh Barrientos-GutiérrezRodrigo Zepeda-TelloEliane R RodriguesM Arantxa ColcheroRosalba Rojas-MartínezEduardo Lazcano-PonceMauricio Hernández-ÁvilaJuan Rivera-DommarcoRafael MezaPublished in: PloS one (2017)
The sugar-sweetened beverages tax in Mexico is expected to produce sizable and sustained reductions in obesity and diabetes. Increasing the tax could produce larger benefits. While encouraging, estimates will need to be updated once data on direct changes in consumption becomes available.