Mapping the digital food environment: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Food environments are the interface through which people interact with the broader food system. They are a key determinant of healthy and sustainable diets. The widespread use of digital technology in late modernity and the shift towards a digital society have posed new challenges for nutrition and health, with a concomitant surge in research on social media, digital health promotion interventions, and more recently, increasing interest in digital food marketing. While the literature is abundant on studies linking food, nutrition and digital technology, the effort to conceptualise and describe the digital food environment is new. This scoping review aims to support the development of a definition of the digital food environment and characterise it, along with key thema

SUBMITTER: Granheim SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7204828 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature