ReviewNutrients2021
Digital Food Retail: Public Health Opportunities.
Review in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Offline to online: a systematic mapping review of evidence to inform nutrition-related policies applicable to online food delivery platforms.BMC medicine · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of the implementation of healthy food retail interventions in settings with multiple food retail outlets (complex food retail settings).Journal of nutritional science · 2024Pooled it
- Feeding health inequality through platform-based food delivery in China.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Is there a healthy-food premium? A cross-sectional analysis of the UK online food delivery sector.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- Shaping a healthier digital food environment in Malaysia: a call for nutrition-conscious action.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
- Digitalization of the Retail Food Environment: Modernizing Food Access, Highlighting Health Equity, and Identifying Opportunities for Future Research and Practice.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2026Article
- Understanding the drivers of continuance intention in online grocery shopping using technology continuance theory: a cross-national comparison.Korean journal of community nutrition · 2026Article
- Differences in dietary intake between users and non-users of online grocery shopping among Japanese adults: a cross-sectional study.Nutrition journal · 2025Article
- Exploring sociodemographic and nutrition-related correlates of meal-kit use across five countries: findings from the International Food Policy Study.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Digital marketing techniques within online food retail platforms: a scoping review.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- The emergence of meal delivery applications: a research agenda to advance the next decade of progress in nutrition.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Review
- Can Australian meal kits support food literacy and healthy family meal provisioning? A qualitative study.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Global food retail environments are increasingly dominated by large chains and linked to the rising prevalence of obesity.Nature food · 2025Article
- Assessing socioeconomic disparities in emerging hybrid food environments: a cross-sectional analysis of the DIGIFOOD dashboard.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Article
- Coverage and Characterization of Food Delivery Services Through a Mobile Application in Small and Medium-Sized Cities in Brazil.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- It is a matter of convenience: why welfare technologies have become domesticated in Swedish eldercare.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Social inequalities in the use of online food delivery services and associations with weight status: cross-sectional analysis of survey and consumer data.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Food Delivery Apps and Their Potential to Address Food Insecurity in Older Adults: A Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Healthiness of food products promoted through placement strategies in Australian online supermarkets: a cross-sectional study.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- Consumer knowledge of and engagement with traditional takeaway and dark kitchen food outlets.NIHR open research · 2024Article
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Abstract
For over two decades, digital food retail services have been emerging alongside advances in mobile technology and improved access to wi-fi. Digitalization has driven changes within the food environment, complicating an already complex system that influences food-related behaviors and eating practices. Digital food retail services support an infrastructure that enhances commercial food systems by extending access to and availability of highly processed foods, further escalating poor dietary intakes. However, digital food retail services are heterogeneous-food delivery apps, online groceries, and meal kits-and can be feasibly adapted to nutrition interventions and personalized to individual needs. Although sparse, new evidence indicates great potential for digital food retail services to address food insecurity in urban areas and to support healthy eating by making it easier to select, plan, and prepare meals. Digital food retail services are a product of the digital transformation that reflect consumers' constant need for convenience, which must be addressed in future research and interventions. This paper will discuss public health opportunities that are emerging from the global uptake of digital food retail services, with a focus on online groceries, food delivery apps, and meal kits.
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