An evaluation of Chile’s Law of Food Labeling and Advertising on sugar-sweetened beverage purchases from 2015 to 2017: A before-and-after study

BACKGROUND: Chile's Law of Food Labeling and Advertising, implemented in 2016, was the first national regulation to jointly mandate front-of-package warning labels, restrict child-directed marketing, and ban sales in schools of all foods and beverages containing added sugars, sodium, or saturated fats that exceed set nutrient or calorie thresholds. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of this package of policies on household beverage purchases. METHOD AND FINDINGS: In this observational study, monthly longitudinal data on packaged beverage purchases were collected from urban-dwelling households (n = 2,383) participating in the Kantar WordPanel Chile Survey from January 1, 2015, to December 31,…

• BP
  Bloomberg Philanthropies
• ID
  International Development Research Centre

  Award: 108180 and 107731
• UO
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Award: P2C HD050924
• NI
  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  Award: P2C HD050924
• EK
  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  Awards: P2C HD050924, HD050924
• CP
  Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Awards: P2C HD050924, HD050924