Food Outlet Access and the Healthiness of Food Available 'On-Demand' via Meal Delivery Apps in New Zealand.

ABSTRACT: Access to unhealthy commodities is a key factor determining consumption, and therefore influences the prevalence of non-communicable diseases. Recently, there has been an increase in the availability of food 'on-demand' via meal delivery apps (MDAs). However, the public health and equity impacts of this shift are not yet well understood. This study focused on three MDAs in New Zealand and aimed to answer (1) what is the health profile of the foods being offered on-demand, (2) how many food outlets are available and does this differ by physical access or neighbourhood demographics and (3) does the health profile of foods offered differ by physical access or neighbourhood demographics? A dataset was created by sampling a set of street addresses across a range of demographic variables, and re

SUBMITTER: Norriss D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9607030 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature