Explaining resistance to regulatory interventions to prevent obesity and improve nutrition: A case-study of a sugar-sweetened beverages tax in Australia |
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| Institution: | 1. The University of Sydney, The Boden Collaboration for Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders, Charles Perkins Centre, NSW 2006, Australia;2. The University of Sydney, Sydney Law School, NSW 2006, Australia;3. The University of Sydney, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, Charles Perkins Centre, NSW 2006, Australia;1. Universitat de Barcelona & Institut d''Economia de Barcelona & CRES-UPF, Spain;2. Department of Economics & Centre for Research in Health and Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain;1. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts;2. Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts;3. Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York;4. Deakin Health Economics, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;5. WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;6. Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand;1. School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Hulbert Hall 301F, Pullman, WA 99164-6210, United States;2. School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Hulbert Hall 101C, Pullman, WA 99164-6210, United States;3. School of Economic Sciences, Puyallup Research and Extension Center and IMPACT Center. Washington State University, 2606 West Pioneer, Puyallup, WA 98371-4900, United States;4. School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Hulbert Hall 203E, Pullman, WA 99164-6210, United States |
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| Abstract: | Globally, 43 jurisdictions have implemented a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) for obesity prevention; however, there is significant political resistance to adopting such a policy in Australia. This paper applies Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) to the case study of an SSB tax in Australia to identify barriers and enablers to policy adoption, and to inform future advocacy strategies in local and international contexts. A systematic search was conducted of scholarly literature, parliamentary documents and media articles relating to an SSB tax. Information retrieved was analysed and integrated under the ‘problem’, ‘policy’ or ‘political’ streams of the MSF. The findings reveal that Australia is a substantial way from having the conditions in place where a tax might be successfully implemented due to industry influence, fragmented advocacy efforts, political opposition to paternalistic policies, conflicting political agendas, and inadequate pressure for change from civil society. Opening a policy window will require a shift in political ownership of the obesity problem, or the coupling of an SSB tax to an alternative problem. The public health community also needs to agree that an SSB tax deserves greater priority, relative to alternative policies for addressing obesity, and to agree on the most effective tax design. |
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| Keywords: | Obesity Regulation Sugar-sweetened beverage Australia |
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