{"id":1311,"date":"2016-07-05T21:03:31","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T01:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfoodresearchprogram.web.unc.edu\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2022-09-01T12:41:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T16:41:36","slug":"evaluation-of-mexicos-tax-on-nonessential-energy-dense-foods-shows-decline-in-purchases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/evaluation-of-mexicos-tax-on-nonessential-energy-dense-foods-shows-decline-in-purchases\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluation of Mexico&#8217;s Tax on Nonessential Energy-Dense Foods shows Decline in Purchases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new study done with collaboration between Global Food Research Program at UNC &amp; Mexico&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insp.mx\/insp-overview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Institute of Public Health<\/a><\/strong> (INSP) has found that after the &#8216;junk food tax&#8217; was enacted in Mexico in January 2014 household purchases of the taxed food items decreased. There was a 5.1% decrease in amount of taxed foods in 2014, with no corresponding change in purchases of untaxed foods. The 8% tax was levied on non-essential food items that contained more than 275 kilocalories per 100 grams.<\/p>\n<p>Read <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sph.unc.edu\/sph-news\/mexicos-household-consumption-of-junk-food-declines-following-2014-nonessential-food-tax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more about the study<\/a><\/strong> from the UNC <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sph.unc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gillings School of Global Public Health<\/a><\/strong> release <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sph.unc.edu\/sph-news\/mexicos-household-consumption-of-junk-food-declines-following-2014-nonessential-food-tax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read the<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosmedicine\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pmed.1002057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full article<\/a><\/strong>, published July 5, 2016 on<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosmedicine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PLOS Medicine<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosmedicine\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pmed.1002057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study done with collaboration between Global Food Research Program at UNC &amp; Mexico&#8217;s National Institute of Public Health (INSP) has found that after the &#8216;junk food tax&#8217; was enacted in Mexico in January 2014 household purchases of the taxed food items decreased. 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