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Consumption of Food Offered by Delivery Applications (Apps)

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  • Jamile Carvalho Tahim

    (Postgraduate Program in Public Health, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza 60714-903, Brazil)

  • Sara Maria Moreira Lima Verde

    (Postgraduate Program in Nutrition and Health, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza 60714-903, Brazil)

  • Carla Soraya Costa Maia

    (Postgraduate Program in Nutrition and Health, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza 60714-903, Brazil)

  • Ilana Nogueira Bezerra

    (Postgraduate Program in Public Health, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza 60714-903, Brazil
    Postgraduate Program in Nutrition and Health, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza 60714-903, Brazil)

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate whether the use of food delivery applications is related to food consumption practices. Methods: Data collection was carried out between 5 and 20 June 2020 in a Brazilian capital with a final sample of 2113 individuals. The instrument included questions about socioeconomic characteristics, anthropometric data, and information about eating practices and the use of delivery apps. Logistic regression models were developed with the consumption of each food group as the outcome variable and the use of the application as the exposure variable. Results: Of those interviewed, 78.1% used delivery apps to purchase food. The frequencies of the consumption of foods considered markers of healthy eating were higher for individuals who did not use the applications (59.7% vs. 38.7% for the daily consumption of fresh fruit, respectively, p < 0.0001). The frequencies of the consumption of items considered markers of unhealthy eating were higher for individuals who used apps to purchase food prepared outside the home compared to those who did not (53.7 vs. 38.1 for weekly consumption of hamburgers, respectively, p < 0.0001). Conclusion: The use of delivery applications influenced the users’ eating practices through the acquisition of food within the digital scope and is related to a greater frequency of the consumption of unhealthy items by users.

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  • Jamile Carvalho Tahim & Sara Maria Moreira Lima Verde & Carla Soraya Costa Maia & Ilana Nogueira Bezerra, 2024. "Consumption of Food Offered by Delivery Applications (Apps)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(5), pages 1-9, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:21:y:2024:i:5:p:568-:d:1385944
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    1. Edwina Mingay & Melissa Hart & Serene Yoong & Alexis Hure, 2021. "Why We Eat the Way We Do: A Call to Consider Food Culture in Public Health Initiatives," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-10, November.
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