TY - RPRT

T1 - Slide to Order: A Food Systems Approach to Meal Delivery Apps: WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases

AU - Halloran, Afton Marina Szasz

AU - Rippin, Holly L

AU - Farrand, Clare

AU - Wickramasinghe, Kremlin

AU - Flore, Roberto

AU - Pires, Sara Monteiro

AU - Weerasinghe, Nuwan

AU - Wijeratne, Amila

AU - Politis, Christos

AU - Springhorn, Hannah

AU - Granheim, Sabrina Ionata De Oliveira

N1 - CURIS 2021 NEXS 365

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - Meal delivery apps (‎MDAs)‎ are a rapidly growing part of the digital food environment in the WHO European Region. The implications of this multibillion sector on health, nutrition, environment and society at large are not yet well understood. Past research has shown that meals purchased outside of the home can be less healthy than foods prepared at home and may lead to unhealthy dietary patterns, a risk factor for noncommunicable diseases. Emerging evidence also highlights the role of MDAs in extending the physical food environment and providing convenient access to unhealthy food and beverage options with the swipe of a finger. However, MDAs are a part of a wider food system and play a role in mediating between physical and digital food environments. Many existing government policies promoting healthy diets such as nutrition labelling and reformulation; however marketing restrictions may not yet apply to this novel sector. With this in mind, a food systems framework is used to assess the potential relationship between MDAs and health and nutrition outcomes. Recommendations are also made for methods to incentivize healthy and sustainable meals on MDAs.

AB - Meal delivery apps (‎MDAs)‎ are a rapidly growing part of the digital food environment in the WHO European Region. The implications of this multibillion sector on health, nutrition, environment and society at large are not yet well understood. Past research has shown that meals purchased outside of the home can be less healthy than foods prepared at home and may lead to unhealthy dietary patterns, a risk factor for noncommunicable diseases. Emerging evidence also highlights the role of MDAs in extending the physical food environment and providing convenient access to unhealthy food and beverage options with the swipe of a finger. However, MDAs are a part of a wider food system and play a role in mediating between physical and digital food environments. Many existing government policies promoting healthy diets such as nutrition labelling and reformulation; however marketing restrictions may not yet apply to this novel sector. With this in mind, a food systems framework is used to assess the potential relationship between MDAs and health and nutrition outcomes. Recommendations are also made for methods to incentivize healthy and sustainable meals on MDAs.

KW - Faculty of Science

KW - Meal Delivery Apps (MDA)

KW - Food systems

KW - Food system framework

KW - Health

KW - Nutrition

KW - Outcome assessment

KW - Recommendations

KW - Healthy meals

KW - Sustainable meals

M3 - Report

BT - Slide to Order: A Food Systems Approach to Meal Delivery Apps: WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases

PB - WHO Regional Office for Europe

CY - Copenhagen

ER -