Food Taxation and Nutritional Policies
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutritional Policies and Education for Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2026 | Viewed by 20
Special Issue Editors
Interests: health economics; healthcare expenditure and system sustainability; equity in access to health services; public economics; social and health inequalities; economic evaluation of health interventions; economics of ageing and long-term care; social services and long-term care provision; health policy and healthcare financing; social welfare and quality of life
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global rise in diet-related noncommunicable diseases, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular conditions, has intensified interest in policy tools that promote healthier dietary patterns. Among these, food taxation and other fiscal measures have emerged as promising strategies to influence consumer behavior, encourage healthier food choices, and reduce the consumption of nutrient-poor, energy-dense products.
This Special Issue of Nutrients seeks to bring together high-quality research on the design, implementation, and evaluation of food taxation and related nutritional policies across diverse contexts. We particularly welcome studies that examine the economic, public health, and equity impacts of such policies, as well as interdisciplinary analyses that integrate insights from nutrition science, economics, public policy, and behavioral research.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, fiscal interventions such as sugar-sweetened beverage taxes, subsidies for fruits and vegetables, nutrient profiling-based levies, and broader policy frameworks aimed at improving population diets. By compiling evidence on the effectiveness, equity, cost-effectiveness, and social acceptability of fiscal measures, this Special Issue will serve as a resource to policymakers, health professionals, and researchers in terms of best practices and ongoing challenges in leveraging taxation and related tools to foster healthier food environments and improve nutrition and public health outcomes.
Submissions may take the form of original research articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, or policy briefs.
Prof. Dr. David Cantarero-Prieto
Guest Editor
Dr. Javier Lera
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- food taxation
- nutritional policies
- fiscal measures
- public health nutrition
- sugar-sweetened beverage tax
- subsidies for healthy foods
- diet-related noncommunicable diseases
- nutrient profiling
- policy evaluation
- health equity
- consumer behavior
- cost-effectiveness
- healthy food environments
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