Cochrane · systematic review · CD012333
Taxation of unprocessed sugar or sugar‐added foods for reducing their consumption and preventing obesity or other adverse health outcomes
Pfinder, M, Heise, TL, Hilton Boon, M, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2020 · Cochrane Library
Public HealthAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
11
current version
GRADE rated
6
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 5 · 45.5%Very low 6 · 54.5%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
'Summary of findings' table for primary outcomes: Taxation of sugar‐added foods compared to no taxation for reducing consumption of sugar‐added foods
Population: general population
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Mean consumption (purchased quantities) of taxed sugar‐added foods 'Summary of findings' table for primary outcomes: Taxation of sugar‐added foods vs no taxation | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 40210 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness |
Consumption of unprocessed sugar 'Summary of findings' table for primary outcomes: Taxation of sugar‐added foods vs no taxation | no estimate extracted | 0 studies · 0 participants | Ungraded |
Energy intake from unprocessed sugar or sugar‐added foods 'Summary of findings' table for primary outcomes: Taxation of sugar‐added foods vs no taxation | no estimate extracted | 0 studies · 0 participants | Ungraded |
Total energy intake 'Summary of findings' table for primary outcomes: Taxation of sugar‐added foods vs no taxation | no estimate extracted | 0 studies · 0 participants | Ungraded |
Overweight 'Summary of findings' table for primary outcomes: Taxation of sugar‐added foods vs no taxation | no estimate extracted | 0 studies · 0 participants | Ungraded |
Obesity 'Summary of findings' table for primary outcomes: Taxation of sugar‐added foods vs no taxation | no estimate extracted | 0 studies · 0 participants | Ungraded |
'Summary of findings' table for secondary outcomes: Taxation of sugar‐added foods compared to no taxation for reducing expenditure on and assessing substitution of sugar‐added foods
Population: general population
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Substitution: mean consumption (purchased quantities) of untaxed sugar‐added foods 'Summary of findings' table for secondary outcomes: Taxation of sugar‐added foods vs no taxation | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 40210 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness |
Substitution: difference in mean consumption (purchased quantities) of untaxed sugar‐added foods compared with untaxed sugar‐added foods 'Summary of findings' table for secondary outcomes: Taxation of sugar‐added foods vs no taxation | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 40210 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness |
Mean expenditure on taxed sugar‐added foods 'Summary of findings' table for secondary outcomes: Taxation of sugar‐added foods vs no taxation | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 40210 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness |
Mean expenditure on untaxed sugar‐added foods 'Summary of findings' table for secondary outcomes: Taxation of sugar‐added foods vs no taxation | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 40210 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness |
Difference in mean expenditure on taxed sugar‐added foods compared with untaxed sugar‐added foods 'Summary of findings' table for secondary outcomes: Taxation of sugar‐added foods vs no taxation | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 40210 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness |