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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tobi Thomas

Delivery apps could help fight obesity by boosting low-calorie options, says study

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The use of food delivery apps such as Deliveroo and UberEats has increased by 55% since 2015 in the UK. Photograph: Joly Victor/ABACA/Shutterstock

Food delivery apps could help tackle the obesity crisis by making lower-calorie options more prominent on their sites, research suggests.

A study, presented at the European Congress of Obesity in Dublin, involved creating a simulated food delivery app and conducting three randomised controlled trials involving 23,783 adult participants.

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