date:Jun 28, 2019
ter the tax was applied.
With a 10% tax on sugary drinks, there was a 1.9% increase on average in such alternative drinks, and for water specifically there was a 2.9% increase.
This healthier substitution pattern is not conclusive, but in three out of the four settings where substitution occurred, the increase in consumption of the other non-sugary drinks was statistically significant.
Co-author Dr Amanda Jones says all the individual studies in the review found a reduction in sugary drink co