Table 1.

Delphi Survey Results (N = 12)

	Impact on consumption		Impact on PA		Impact on obesity		Cost-effective		Unintended benefit		Unintended harm		Equitable		Politically feasible
Intervention	Mean	IQD	Mean	IQD	Mean	IQD	Mean	IQD	Mean	IQD	Mean	IQD	Mean	IQD	Mean	IQD
Beverage tax	2.9	0			2.1	0	2.9	0.5	2.5	1	2.4	1	2.3	1	2.5	1
Food tax	2.7	1			2.2	0.5	2.8	0.5	2.4	1	2.8	1	1.9	0	2.1	0
Fruit & Veg subsidies	2.9	0			2.1	0	2.3	1	2.9	0	2.1	1.5	2.5	1	2.5	1
Child fitness tax credit			2.3	1	2.1	0.5	2.1	0.5	2.8	0.5	2.0	0	2.1	1	3.2	1
Adult fitness tax credit			2.3	1	1.8	0	2.0	0	2.5	1	2.0	0	2.0	0.5	2.9	0.5
Public transit tax credit			2.1	0	2.0	0	2.2	0	3.1	0.5	1.9	0.5	2.7	1	3.2	1
Sporting equipment tax credit			1.9	0	1.7	1	1.7	1	2.3	0.5	1.9	0	2.1	0	2.6	1
Subsidised PA programs			2.5	1	2.0	0	2.1	0	2.6	1	2.1	0	2.3	0	2.5	1
Road congestion tax			2.1	0	1.7	1	2.5	1	3.4	1	1.9	0	2.4	1	2.3	1
Income transfer unrestricted	2.0	1.5	1.7	1	1.9	1	1.8	1.5	2.9	0.5	2.7	1	2.0	1.5	2.5	1
Income transfer healthy food	2.9	0.5			2.1	0	2.6	1	2.8	0.5	2.3	0.5	2.4	1	2.8	0.5
Income transfer PA			2.3	1	1.9	0	1.9	0	2.5	1	2.0	0	2.3	1	2.2	1
Agricultural subsidies	2.4	1			2.3	0.5	2.9	0.5	2.9	1.5	2.6	1	2.1	1	1.7	1
Agricultural R&D rebalance	2.4	1			2.2	0.5	2.5	1	2.9	0.5	2.3	1	2.8	0.5	2.7	1

Notes: Not at all/None = 1; Low = 2; Moderate = 3; High/A Lot = 4.

PA = Physical Activity; IQD = Inter Quartile Deviation; indicates the distance between the 25th and the 75th percentiles. A smaller IQD represents greater consensus.