Parameter/variable | Best estimate | Source |
BMI (kg/m2) | 23.38 | Zambia STEPS Survey 2017 |
Average weekly consumption of sugary drinks (300 mL servings) | 1.55 | Zambia Living Conditions and Monitoring Survey (LCMS) 2015 |
Average price of sugary drinks (per 300 mL serving) | ZMW 3.77 (or US$0.40) | Zambia Central Statistics Office |
Average all-cause mortality rate (per 100 000 population) | 30.1 | Zambia Central Statistics Office |
Potential impact fractions (PIF) (1+ PIF) | 0.0001 (1.0001) | Manyema et al38 |
Own-price elasticities for SSBs | −1.30 (95% CI −1.10 to –1.51) | Meta-analysis |
Cross-price elasticities | 0.32 (95% CI 0.01 to 0.77) for fruit juice, and 0.18 (95% CI −0.10 to 0.34) for milk. | Escobar et al45 |
Pass-on rate | 100% (80%–120%) | Crawford et al,41 Berardi, Sevestre et al,42 and Manyema et al38 |
BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; SSB, sugar sweetened beverage; STEPS, STEPwise approach to noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance; ZMW, Zambian Kwacha .