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05 AD Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition | 2/2017 WORLD NEWS Increase in healthy life years through sugar, fat and salt taxes enceutheuconsumptionuofuhealthyu foods.uBaseduonutheuresultsuofutheu models,utheuformulationuofuautaxuandu subsidyupackageushoulduthereforeubeu givenu moreu prominentu andu seriousu considerationuinupublicuhealthunu- tritionustrategy,utheyuconcluded. Theu study,u titledu “Taxesu andu subsidiesu foru improvingu dietu andu populationu healthu inu Australia:u Au cost-effectivenessu modellingu study”,u wasu publishedu onlineu onu 14uFebruaryuinutheuPLOS Medicine journal. is coming to BERLIN 28 June –1 July 2018 Berlin, Germany www.ROOTS-SUMMIT.com By DTI MELBOURNE, Australia: Modellingu theueffectuofudifferentucombina- tionsuofutaxesuonusugar,usaltuandufatu anduausubsidyuonufruitsuanduvege- tablesuonutheudeathuandumorbidityu ratesu ofu Australians,u au newu studyu hasufounduthatuimposinguautaxuonu sugaru couldu avertu aboutu 270,000u disability-adjustedu lifeu years.u Inu addition,u theu researchu estimatedu that,uwhenucombinedutoumaximiseu benefiuts,utaxesuandusubsidiesucouldu reduceu theu country’su healthu careu spendingubyuA$3.4ubillion. Inu theu Westernu world,u non-u communicableu diseases,u suchu asu obesity,udiabetes,ucardiovascularu diseaseu andu dentalu caries,u areu mainlyu attributableu tou anu unbal- anceduintakeuofufats,usugarsuandusalt.u Inu orderu tou tackleu theu burdenu ofu thoseudiseases,uanuincreasingunum- beru ofu countriesu haveu alreadyu im- plementedu oru proposedu taxesu onu unhealthyufoodsuandudrinks.uHow- ever,u theu actualu cost-effectivenessu ofu leviesu andu subsidiesu onu certainu nutritionaluitemsutoureduceutheubur- denuofudiet-inducedudiseasesuisuun- certainuanducanuonlyubeuestimated.u Inutheucurrentustudy,uresearch- ersuatutheuUniversityuofuMelbourneu simulatedutheueffectuofudifferentu combinationsu ofu taxesu onu un- healthyu foodsu andu au subsidyu onu fruitsuanduvegetablesubaseduonutheu Australianu populationu ofu 22u mil- lionu inu 2010.u Theu modelu analysisu setutheusizesuofutheutaxesuandusub- sidyu suchu thatu combinedu thereu wouldubeulessuthanuauoneuperucentu changeuinutotalufooduexpenditureu byutheuaverageuhousehold. Theuresultsushoweduthatuautaxuonu sugaru hadu theu greatestu impactu amongutheutaxesusimulated.uAusugaru taxu couldu avertu 270,000u disabili- ty-adjustedu lifeu yearsu (DALYs),u theu researchersu calculated.u DALYsu areu yearsuofuauhealthyulifespanuthatuareu lostutoudisease.uThisuequalsuaugainuofu 1.2uyearsuofuhealthyulifeuforueveryu100u Australiansualiveuinu2010,uwhichuisuau healthuoutcomeuthatufewuotherupub- licu healthu interventionsu couldu de- liveruacrossutheuwholeupopulation,u accordingutoutheuresearchers.u Inu comparison,u au saltu taxu wasu estimatedutousaveu130,000uDALYs,uau saturatedu fatu taxu 97,000u DALYsu anduausugar-sweetenedubeverageu taxu12,000uDALYs.uAsuforuaufruituandu vegetableu subsidy,u theu studyu wasu unableu tou determineu anu isolatedu clearu healthu benefiut,u althoughu itu toou madeu foru additionalu avertedu DALYsu andu reducedu healthu sectoru spending,utheuresearchersuwrote.u Theustudyuaddsutougrowinguevi- denceuofulargeuhealthubenefiutsuandu cost-effectivenessu ofu usingu taxesu anduregulatoryumeasuresutouinfluu-