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Rio 2016 organisers shaped the choice architecture so that the food and drink sold did not meet health definitions.
Organizers need to align food offerings with health standards to promote better dietary choices.
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Rio 2016 organisers shaped the choice architecture so that the food and drink being sold and consumed met neither the spectators’ nor Brazilian policy definitions of health.
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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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