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

Andrea Alcaraz; Lucas Perelli; Belén Rodríguez; Alfredo Palacios; Ariel Bardach; Kimberly-Ann Gittens-Baynes; Cid Manso de Mello Vianna; Giovanni Guevara; Sebastián García Martí; Agustín Ciapponi; Federico Augustovski; María Belizán; Andrés Pichón-Rivière

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2023.401.12394

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

Author(s)

Andrea Alcaraz

Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria

Lucas Perelli

Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria

Belén Rodríguez

Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria

Alfredo Palacios

Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria

Ariel Bardach

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Kimberly-Ann Gittens-Baynes

University of the West Indies

Cid Manso de Mello Vianna

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Giovanni Guevara

Universidad Católica de El Salvador

Sebastián García Martí

Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria

Agustín Ciapponi

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Federico Augustovski

Universidad de Buenos Aires

María Belizán

Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria

Andrés Pichón-Rivière

Universidad de Buenos Aires

Date Issued

31 de marzo de 2023

Type

Article

Volume

40

Issue

1

Series/Report No.

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública

Start Page

86

End Page

93

DOI

10.17843/rpmesp.2023.401.12394

ISSN

1726-4634

1726-4642

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.