About the Authors

Juan Carlos Caro

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dept. of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Shu Wen Ng

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Carolina Population Center and Dept. of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Ricardo Bonilla

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Centro de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo, Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia

Jorge Tovar

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Facultad de Economía-CEDE, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Barry M. Popkin

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

popkin@unc.edu

Affiliation Carolina Population Center and Dept. of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

JCC, JT, RB, and SWN have not consulted with or been a part of any conflicting relationship with any food or beverage company. BMP has been a co-investigator of one random controlled trial funded by Nestle's Water USA(2007-10) but has never consulted for them and presented a paper on SSB global trends in a symposium at the British Nutrition Society (2011) sponsored by Danone Waters. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.