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Nutrition, Obesity, Exercise

Assessment of Online Food Ordering and Delivery in Singapore During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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JAMA Network Open

Published Online: September 23, 2021

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Article Information and Disclosures

Sumit Agarwal, PhD¹;

Peiying Huang, PhD²;

Chenxi Luo, PhD³;

Yu Qin, PhD⁴;

Changwei Zhan, MS⁴

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Finance, National University of Singapore, Singapore
²College of Management, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
³Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore
⁴Department of Real Estate, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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In 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak was declared to be a pandemic. Governments implemented various measures, such as social distancing, quarantine, and lockdowns, to minimize the spread and effects of COVID-19. Previous studies¹^,2 based on questionnaires showed that respondents reported unhealthier eating habits during lockdown. Unhealthy eating behavior formed during the pandemic could result in undesirable long-term health consequences, such as coronary heart disease,³^,4 chronic diseases,⁵ and Alzheimer disease.⁶

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Article Information

Accepted for Publication: July 21, 2021.

Published: September 23, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.26466

Open Access: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License. © 2021 Agarwal S et al. JAMA Network Open.

Corresponding Author: Changwei Zhan, MS, Department of Real Estate, National University of Singapore, 15 Kent Ridge Dr, Singapore 119245 (zhanchangwei@u.nus.edu).

Author Contributions: Dr Agarwal had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Drs Agarwal, Luo, and Qin and Mr Zhan equally contributed to this paper.

Concept and design: Agarwal, Qin, Zhan.

Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: All authors.

Drafting of the manuscript: Zhan.

Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Agarwal, Huang, Luo, Qin.

Statistical analysis: Qin, Zhan.

Obtained funding: Agarwal, Qin.

Supervision: Agarwal.

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

Funding/Support: This study was funded by grant MOE2019-SSRTG-024 from the Ministry of Education, Singapore.

Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funder had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

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