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. 2022 Dec 19:9:1088051.
doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1088051. eCollection 2022.

Health economic impacts associated with the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in Brazil

Joice Silva Vieira Leal  1 , Aline Siqueira Fogal  1 , Adriana Lúcia Meireles  1   2 , Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso  3 , Ísis Eloah Machado  1   4 , Mariana Carvalho de Menezes  1   2
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Health economic impacts associated with the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in Brazil

Joice Silva Vieira Leal et al. Front Nutr. .

Abstract

Introduction: The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is among the main risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This study aimed to estimate the financial costs of hospitalizations and procedures of high and medium complexity for NCDs attributable to the consumption of SSBs in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) in 2019.

Methods: This ecological study used data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2019 and the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS). The attributable costs were estimated from the population-attributable fraction (PAF) and the costs in the treatment of chronic diseases [type 2 diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease (IHD)], stratified by sex, age group, level of complexity of treatment, and federative units.

Results: In 2019, in Brazil, US$ 14,116,240.55 were the costs of hospitalizations and procedures of high and medium complexity in the treatment of NCDs attributable to the consumption of SSBs. These values were higher in males (US$ 8,469,265.14) and the southeast and southern regions, mainly in the state of São Paulo. However, when evaluating these results at a rate per 10,000 inhabitants, it was observed that the states of Paraná, Tocantins, and Roraima had higher costs per 10,000 inhabitants. Regarding the age groups, higher costs were observed in the older age groups.

Conclusion: This study revealed the high financial impact of the NCDs treatment attributed to the consumption of SSBs in Brazil and the variability among Brazilian macro-regions. The results demonstrate the urgency and need for the expansion of policies to reduce the consumption of SSBs in Brazil with strategies that consider regional particularities.

Keywords: burden of disease; chronic non-communicable diseases; cost of illness; nutritional epidemiology; sugar-sweetened beverage.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Financial costs in the treatment of non-transmissible chronic diseases (NCDs) attributed to the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), in international dollars (US$) and in the federative units per 10,000 inhabitants, Brazil, 2019.
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