Nutritional quality and consumer health perception of online delivery food in the context of China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Today, the popularization of mobile internet technology has enabled the public's need for food convenience and diversity arising from modern fast-paced lifestyles to be met at a relatively low cost. The digital age of the restaurant industry has arrived. Online food delivery (OFD) is rapidly developing globally. However, the public's awareness of the nutritional quality of food through OFD and their knowledge of dietary nutrition remain to be investigated.

Methods

In the context of China, this study attempts to evaluate the nutritional quality of best-selling OFD set meals (i.e., meal combos) based on the current official Chinese dietary guidelines 2022. It accomplishes this by collecting data on popular OFD restaurants among consumers in 115 Chinese universities

SUBMITTER: Dai X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9675956 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature