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(2023) Healthy food and determinants of food choice on online food delivery applications. PLoS ONE 18(10): e0293004 . [https://](https://)[ ](https://)[doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293004](doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293004)  \n[Editor:](Editor: S)[ S](Editor: S)ı[d](d)ı[ka Bulduk](ka Bulduk), [Gazi University](Gazi University), [Faculty of](Faculty of)[ ](Faculty of)Health Sciences, TURKEY  \nReceived: October 13, 2022  \nAccepted: September 21, 2023  \nPublished: October 19, 2023  \nCopyright: © 2023 Osaili et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.  \nData Availability Statement: All relevant data are within the paper.  \nFunding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.  \nCompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.  \nRESEARCH ARTICLE  \nHealthy food and determinants of food choice on online food delivery applications  \nTareq M. Osaili1,2 *, Anas A. Al-Nabulsi1, Asma’ O. Taybeh1, Leila Cheikh Ismail2, Sheima T. Saleh2  \n1 Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan, 2 Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates  \n* [tosaili@just.edu.jo](tosaili@just.edu.jo)  \nAbstract  \nOnline food delivery applications (OFD apps) provide consumers with a wide range of options to choose from. The present study aimed to assess the usage of OFD apps and investigate the factors that affect food choices with a special emphasis on healthy food choices and hygiene. A cross-sectional study among food delivery application users in Jordan was conducted using an online questionnaire between March and May 2022. A total of 675 eligible subjects participated in the study. Consumers’ demographic characteristics, data on consumers’ use of OFD apps, consumers’ perceptions of healthy food availability in OFD apps, and consumers’ attitudes toward food safety and delivery hygiene were collected and analyzed. About 64% of the studied sample used OFD apps weekly. Fast food was the most popular option for ordering (87 . 1%) and lunchtime was the most preferred time to order food (67 .3%) for most of the respondents. Respondents’ perceptions of a “healthy meal” was associated with the presence of a variety of vegetables in the meal. Food price, food appearance, time of delivery, macronutrient content information, the availability of healthy options, and considering vegetables as part of a healthy meal were determinants of consumer food choice (p\u003C0.05) . The findings suggest that the online food environment in Jordan was perceived to be unhealthy. Nevertheless, the convenient nature and the popularity of OFD apps hold great potential to promote healthy eating among consumers.  \nIntroduction  \nThe usage of online services through mobile applications has increased tremendously over the past decade [ 1] . Given this increase in usage, some features of the food environment have been digitalized to improve food production and distribution. Digital food environment is defined as the online setting that provides a variety of services and information, through which consumers’food and nutrition choices and behaviors are influenced and directed. The digital food environment includes social media, digital food marketing, online food retail and digital health promotion interventions [2] . The physical and the digital food environments are interconnected and are influencing one another, for instance, the digitalized food environment enabled  \nthe emergence of new styles of selling and buying food, and eventually changing availability of food, affecting the physical distan","cbCaic8pBpyOYxcA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaic8pBpyOYxcA","pdf",598390,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction","[{\"question\":\"What was the goal of the study on online food delivery apps in Jordan?\",\"answer\":\"To assess how people use OFD apps and identify factors that influence food choices, with emphasis on healthy food choices and hygiene.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the data collected and how many participants took part?\",\"answer\":\"A cross-sectional online questionnaire was conducted between March and May 2022 among OFD app users in Jordan, with 675 eligible subjects.\"},{\"question\":\"Which factors were identified as determinants of consumers’ food choice?\",\"answer\":\"Food price, food appearance, time of delivery, macronutrient content information, availability of healthy options, and considering vegetables as part of a healthy meal were significant determinants (p\\u003c0.05).\"},{\"question\":\"What did respondents think about the online food environment and how did OFD apps potentially affect eating?\",\"answer\":\"Respondents perceived the online food environment in Jordan as unhealthy, but the convenience and popularity of OFD apps were seen as having potential to promote healthier eating.\"}]","Healthy food and determinants of food choice on online food delivery applications | PDF",1790557282,48]