Population health impacts from the taxation of salt and sugar in the United Kingdom
Significant benefits to population health could be expected from extending the current tax on sugar-sweetened beverages to other sugary foods and from adding a tax on foods high in salt. The proposed dietary changes are likely to be insufficient to reach national public health targets; hence, additional measures to reduce the burden of chronic disease in the UK will be equally critical to consider.
Authors
- James Milner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0304-639X)
- Patricia Eustachio Colombo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8505-116X)
- Silvia Pastorino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6679-4702)
- Rosemary Green (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5850-6715)
Institutions
- University of London (GB)
- Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (GB)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980025100967
- Primary Topic
- Social Issues and Policies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Cambridge
- Vetenskapsrådet