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The practical reality at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games consisted of a very low amount of choice for spectators and a large amount of high- and ultra-processed food.
Event organizers should ensure a wider variety of healthy food options at sporting events.
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the practical reality consisted of spaces with both a very low amount of choice for Olympic spectators, and a large amount of high- and ultra-processed food.
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Based on a multi-method approach including policy and menu analysis.
Source
Do the Olympic Games promote dietary health for spectators? An interdisciplinary study of health promotion through sport
Joe Piggin et al. · European Sport Management Quarterly · 2019
DOI 10.1080/16184742.2018.1562484
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