Table 3.
Proportion of discretionary foods in the most popular menu items by the healthiness of the food outlet using the FES and also by the Uber Eats category of ‘healthy’.
| Food Outlets Grouped by ‘Healthiness’ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unhealthy (FES Range −10 to −5) | Less Healthy (FES Range −4 to 4) | Healthy (FES Range 5 to 10) | |
| Sydney, Australia | |||
| Most popular menu items, n | 2463 | 723 | 171 |
| Discretionary foods, n (%) | 2358 (95.7) | 415 (57.4) | 57 (33.3) |
| Core foods, n (%) | 105 (4.3) | 308 (42.6) | 114 (66.7) |
| Food outlets categorized as ‘healthy’ on Uber Eats, n | 96 | 5 | 9 |
| Discretionary foods, n (%) | 449 (97.2) | 12 (48.0) | 8 (17.8) |
| Core foods, n (%) | 13 (2.8) | 13 (52.0) | 37 (82.2) |
| Auckland, New Zealand | |||
| Most popular menu items, n | |||
| Discretionary foods | 1727 (81.2) | 358 (16.8) | 43 (2.0) |
| Core foods, n (%) | 159 (56.0) | 87 (30.6) | 38 (13.4) |
| Food outlets categorized as ‘healthy’ on Uber Eats, n | 57 | 7 | 2 |
| Discretionary foods, n (%) | 212 (74.4) | 25 (71.4) | 6 (60.0) |
| Core foods, n (%) | 73 (25.6) | 10 (28.6) | 4 (40.0) |
FES, Food Environment Score.