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ArticleNutrients2023

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Interest in the Energy Labelling on Restaurant Menus.

Areej A Alkhaldy, Omar A Alhumaidan, Sarah M Alkhunein, Majid M Alkhalaf, Khlood A Bookari, Jamila M Arrish

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Article in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Areej A AlkhaldyClinical Nutrition Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80215, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-5614-7229
Omar A AlhumaidanNational Nutrition Committee (NNC), Saudi Food and Drug Authority (Saudi FDA), P.O. Box 13312, Riyadh 13513, Saudi Arabia.
Sarah M AlkhuneinNational Nutrition Committee (NNC), Saudi Food and Drug Authority (Saudi FDA), P.O. Box 13312, Riyadh 13513, Saudi Arabia.
Majid M AlkhalafNational Nutrition Committee (NNC), Saudi Food and Drug Authority (Saudi FDA), P.O. Box 13312, Riyadh 13513, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3090-7020
Khlood A BookariClinical Nutrition Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, P.O. Box 344, Medinah 42353, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1644-8761
Jamila M ArrishNational Nutrition Committee (NNC), Saudi Food and Drug Authority (Saudi FDA), P.O. Box 13312, Riyadh 13513, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

No study has investigated the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the public's interest in using energy labelling on restaurant menus. This study explores the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the public interest in using energy labelling on restaurant menus and meal delivery applications and the impact of energy-labelling availability on food choices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. An online questionnaire was completed by 1657 participants aged ≥ 18 years. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 32% of customers visited a restaurant 2-4 times/week. However, during the pandemic, 35% of customers visited a restaurant only once per week. There was no difference in interest in reading energy labelling or using meal delivery applications before and during the pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, about 55% of restaurant customers reported that they had noticed energy labelling, with 42% of them being influenced by the energy-labelling information. Regarding energy information on food delivery applications, 40% of customers noticed energy labelling when using the applications, with 33% of them being affected by the energy labelling. Customer interest in reading about energy on restaurant menus during the pandemic did not change significantly from the level of interest before the pandemic. The interest expressed by the public in using the energy labelling was low both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19Energy IntakeFood LabelingHumansMealsPandemicsRestaurantsinterestmenu-labelling policynutritionrestaurants

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PMCPMC9866988

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