Paying for convenience: comparing the cost of takeaway meals with their healthier home-cooked counterparts in New Zealand.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Convenience and cost impact on people's meal decisions. Takeaway and pre-prepared foods save preparation time but may contribute to poorer-quality diets. Analysing the impact of time on relative cost differences between meals of varying convenience contributes to understanding the barrier of time to selecting healthy meals.

Design

Six popular New Zealand takeaway meals were identified from two large national surveys and compared with similar, but healthier, home-made and home-assembled meals that met nutrition targets consistent with New Zealand Eating and Activity Guidelines. The cost of each complete meal, cost per kilogram, and confidence intervals of the cost of each meal type were calculated. The time-inclusive cost was calculated by adding waiting or preparat

SUBMITTER: Mackay S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10261667 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature