¿Qué necesita nuestra región para fortalecer políticas públicas sobre bebidas azucaradas? diálogo de decisores

Andrea Alcaraz; Lucas Perelli; María Belén Rodriguez; Alfredo Palacios; Ariel Bardach; Kimberly-Ann Gittens-Baynes; Cid Vianna; Giovanni Guevara; Sebastián García-Martí; Agustín Ciapponi; Federico Augustovski; María Belizán; Andrés Pichon-Riviere

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2023.401.12394

Authors

Andrea Alcaraz Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4260-8239
Lucas Perelli Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6444-4143
María Belén Rodriguez Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4497-8022
Alfredo Palacios Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7684-0880
Ariel Bardach Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4437-0073
Kimberly-Ann Gittens-Baynes The University of the West Indies, HEU, Centre for Health Economics,(UWI-HEU), St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6960-5521
Cid Vianna Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0252-1144
Giovanni Guevara Universidad Católica de El Salvador, El Salvador, El Salvador https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9289-8641
Sebastián García-Martí Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3274-7275
Agustín Ciapponi Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5142-6122
Federico Augustovski Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), Argentina. Escuela de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2914-5022
María Belizán Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8739-5249
Andrés Pichon-Riviere Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), Argentina. Escuela de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6052-025X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2023.401.12394

Keywords:

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Noncommunicable Diseases, Public Policy, Decision Making Qualitative Research

Abstract

In order to prioritize public policies to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in Argentina,
Brazil, El Salvador and Trinidad and Tobago and to identify information gaps related to the burden of disease
attributable to their consumption, a policy dialogue was held with government members, civil society organizations, researchers and communicators from Latin American and Caribbean countries. Presentations and deliberative workshops were conducted using semi-structured data collection tools and group discussions. The prioritized interventions were tax increases, front labeling, restriction of advertising, promotion and sponsorship, and modifications regarding the school environment. The main perceived barrier was the interference from the food industry. This dialogue among decision-makers led to the identification of priority public policies to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in the region.

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