Can Australian meal kits support food literacy and healthy family meal provisioning? A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: Cooking at home is a key recommendation to improve family nutrition. However, parents of young children face barriers to preparing healthy meals. Commercial meal kit subscription services (MKSSs) may support parents to overcome challenges and influence food literacy. This study explored how parents of young children (2-5 years) use MKSSs, examining how food literacy is supported and can be strengthened to promote healthy family meal provisioning. Twenty-five primary meal providers were recruited via social media (e.g. Facebook) for semi-structured interviews over phone or Zoom. Interviews were conducted with participants who had recently purchased meal kits from Australian MKSSs. Transcripts were analysed using inductive thematic analysis followed by deductive mapping to a food literacy fr

SUBMITTER: Fraser K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12235520 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature