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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Children's Menus at Fast Food Restaurants on the Uber Eats

Andrea Zapata-Quiroga, João P M Lima, Ada Rocha, Silvana Saavedra-Clarke, Samuel Durán-Agüero

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Andrea Zapata-QuirogaClínica Red Salud, Santiago 8320000, Chile.ORCID 0009-0007-3622-2974
João P M LimaH&TRC-Health & Technology Research Center, Coimbra Health School, Polytechnic University of Coimbra, 3045-043 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0157-8368
Ada RochaGreenUPorto-Sustainable Agrifood Production Research Centre, Inov4Agro, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-3505-4538
Silvana Saavedra-ClarkeCarrera de Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Providencia 7500000, Chile.ORCID 0009-0001-5508-7049
Samuel Durán-AgüeroEscuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Ciencias para el Cuidado de Salud, Sede los Leones, Universidad San Sebastian, Providencia 7500000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-0548-3676

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Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate the offer of children's menus offered in fast food restaurants present in the Uber Eats delivery application through the Kids Menu Healthy Score 'KIMEHS' in Greater Santiago.

methodsObservational, descriptive, cross-sectional. Research in fast food restaurants present in the Uber Eats delivery app. A total of 858 restaurants were selected. The KIMEHS was used to assess menu quality. KIMEHS index and descriptive statistics were calculated.

results558 restaurants were evaluated through the app; 57 offered children's menus, yielding 114 children's menu options from 18 different municipalities. The common offer was based on fried and/or processed lean meat accompanied by French fries in 71%. Moreover, 99% of the menus assessed obtained the minimum score in the KIMEHS placing them in the 'not healthy at all' category. When associations were made between foods and the lowest KIMEHS score quartile, the presence of chips had the strongest association (OR; 40.36: CI95% 11.43-201.08).

conclusionsMost restaurants offer a children's menu of low nutritional quality and poor balance, where their dishes are commonly based on fried and processed products, pointing to the urgent need for legislation on guidelines to be applied on the different actors influencing the food offered to children.

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children’s menudigital delivery appsfood offerobesity

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PMCPMC11817455

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