12 Sep 2024 --- Researchers reveal that the food environment, specifically digital food ordering in restaurants and free food samples in retail stores, significantly impacts the healthiness of people’s food choices. Ordering food through an app or tablet at a restaurant leads to unhealthier choices and higher spending. At the same time, another study finds that taking a nutritious food sample may lead consumers to buy less healthy foods. The research teams highlight that consumers have many options in the food marketplace, including what they can buy and how they choose.
