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Journal article
The potential of autonomous delivery services to increase fast-food consumption
Public Health Nutrition, Vol.27(1), pp.1-8
2024
PMID: 39526459
Abstract
Objective: Technological innovations in the online food delivery sector include the use of autonomous delivery vehicles. The aim of the present study was to investigate consumers' intentions to use these services once they are widely available and their motivations for using them to access unhealthy food.Design: Online survey including a vignette describing a future world where autonomous food deliveries are in common use in both metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas.Setting: Australia.Participants: 1078 Australians aged 18 years and older, nationally representative by sex, age and location (metropolitan v. non-metropolitan residence).Results: Around half of the sample reported intending to use an autonomous food delivery service at least once per week for fast food (53 %) and/or healthy pre-prepared food (50 %). Almost two-thirds (60 %) intended using autonomous vehicle deliveries to receive groceries. Around one in five (17 %) anticipated an increase in their fast-food intake as a result of access to autonomous delivery services compared with one in two (46 %) expecting others' total fast-food intake to increase. The most common reason provided for using autonomous food deliveries was increased convenience. More frequent current fast-food ordering, higher socio-economic status, younger age and regional location were significantly associated with an anticipated increase in fast-food consumption.Conclusions: The emergence of autonomous food delivery systems may bring both benefits and adverse consequences that in combination are likely to constitute a substantial regulatory challenge. Proactive efforts will be required to avoid negative public health nutrition outcomes of this transport evolution.
Details
- Title
- The potential of autonomous delivery services to increase fast-food consumption
- Authors
- Simone Pettigrew - UNSW SydneyLeon Booth - The George Institute for Global HealthVictoria Farrar - The George Institute for Global HealthBranislava Godic - The University of MelbourneRajith Vidanaarachchi - The University of MelbourneCharles Karl - Australian Road Research BoardJason Thompson - The University of Melbourne
- Publication details
- Public Health Nutrition, Vol.27(1), pp.1-8
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.1017/S1368980024002040
- ISSN
- 1475-2727; 1368-9800
- PMID
- 39526459
- Copyright note
- © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nutrition Society. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
- Grants
- Organisation Unit
- Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991184302802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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