Stakeholder Group | Participants approached (n = 46) | Participants declined (n = 19) | Participants included (n = 27) |
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Parliamentary parties | 10 | No response (n = 2) No time (n = 1) No reason (n = 4) | Members of the Dutch parliament/ politicians (n = 3) |
Ministries | 8 | No response (n = 2) Insufficient knowledge on taxation of SSBs according to the stakeholder (n = 1) No reason (n = 2) | Policymakers from various ministries (n = 3) |
Advisory bodies | 4 | No response (n = 1) Insufficient knowledge on taxation of SSBs according to the stakeholder (n = 1) | Representatives of a governmental, non-profit advisory body (n = 2) |
Academia | 10 | No time (=1) | Academics in the field of obesity prevention, nutrition and health, preventive dentistry, behavioural science, health economics, tax law, political science, medical ethics or social epidemiology (n = 9) |
Trade associations | 5 | No response (n = 1) | Representatives of trade associations for food and beverages manufacturers, hospitality businesses or the catering industry (n = 4) |
Health professional associations | 3 | NA | Representatives of non-governmental, non-profit professional associations of physicians or dentists (n = 3) |
Health and consumer organizations | 6 | No response (n = 2) Insufficient knowledge on taxation of SSBs according to the stakeholder (n = 1) | Representatives of governmental or non-governmental, non-profit consumer organizations and health organizations in the field of nutrition and health promotion (n = 3) |