Food, Big Data, and Decision-making: a Scoping Review-the 3-D Commission.

ABSTRACT: Food is an important determinant of health, featuring prominently in the Sustainable Development Goals. The term "big data" is seldom used in relation to food, partly because food data are scattered across different sectors. The increasing availability of food-related data presents an opportunity to glean new insights on food and food systems. These insights may enhance the quality of products and services and improve decision-making on optimizing food availability, all to the end of producing better health. Yet, knowledge gaps remain about the unique opportunities and challenges linked to big data on food and their use in decision-making. This scoping review explored the available literature linking food with big data and decision-making, using the following research question: What is the

SUBMITTER: Biermann O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8440752 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature