Food Subsidies to Promote Healthy
            Eating and Reduce Healthy Food Prices: A Rapid Literature Review

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40981

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Food Subsidies to Promote Healthy Eating and Reduce Healthy Food Prices: A Rapid Literature Review

dc.contributor.author	Mansilla, Cristián
dc.contributor.author	Herrera Riquelme, Cristian Alberto
dc.contributor.author	Von Uexkull, Jan Erik
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-31T13:42:31Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-31T13:42:31Z
dc.date.issued	2023-05-31
dc.description.abstract	This working paper presents the results of a rapid literature review of program evaluations of food subsidies to promote healthy eating that address sales/prices, consumption, and/or health outcomes. It presents policy relevant findings on food subsidies to promote healthy eating that have been implemented globally, summarizing their impact on sales/prices, food consumption, and health outcomes, as well as circumstantial factors under which food subsidies have greater impact. Thirty-five publications that described 20 different programs across eight different countries with heterogeneous methodological quality were included in this review. Most of the programs found were implemented in the United States targeting vulnerable population groups. They used varied policy instruments (e.g., vouchers to produce discounts, cash-back rebates, etc.) and ways of administration (e.g., loyalty cards, paper-based vouchers) to provide a variety of subsidies for healthy foods.Only two programs included reported a high impact on price reduction to the consumer (Shop N Save conducted in South Carolina, US) and food consumption (Healthy Incentives Pilot, conducted in Utah, US). Most of the programs included reported low impact, and seven of them reported a moderate impact on either price or food consumption. Finally, very limited evidence reports that there might be a low impact of these programs on health outcomes. The amount of the subsidy (higher amounts tend to produce higher impacts) and the fact that it was implemented complementing an established program rather than created in isolation might explain a higher impact of these programs, but the certainty of the evidence is not strong to support this conclusion.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099847211302341082/IDU15eddb3ba14bda149f91ae311f4c744e11391
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/40981
dc.identifier.uri	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40981
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subject	FOOD SUBSIDIES
dc.subject	HEALTHY NUTRITION
dc.subject	FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.title	Food Subsidies to Promote Healthy Eating and Reduce Healthy Food Prices	en
dc.title.subtitle	A Rapid Literature Review	en
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okr.crossref.title	Food Subsidies to Promote Healthy Eating and Reduce Healthy Food Prices: A Rapid Literature Review
okr.date.disclosure	2023-11-30
okr.date.lastmodified	2024-01-10T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Report
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
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okr.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40981
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okr.region.geographical	World
okr.topic	Taxation and Subsidies
okr.topic	Economic Theory and Research
okr.unit	HNP Global (HHNGE)
okr.volume