Just control yourselves! Study finds users of takeaway apps like Deliveroo and Just Eat are more likely to be obese

People who use takeaway apps such as Deliveroo and Just Eat are more likely to be obese, a study has found. 

Those who use the food apps are 84 per cent more likely to be living with obesity, academics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found. 

Analysing data from households in London and the north of England, the team discovered that ‘unskilled’ workers are more likely to use takeaway apps. 

Families with a higher income were more likely to have groceries delivered from Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose, compared to those with lower incomes, The Times first reported. 

The researchers said: ‘Takeaway food delivery app use was was positively associated with living with obesity. 

Those who use takeaway apps such as Deliveroo are 84 per cent more likely to be living with obesity, research shows (Stock photo) 

‘The potential impact of increased and differential usage of online delivery services on diet and dietary inequalities warrants further research.’ 

The study was published in the journal BMJ Public Health. 

The average overweight Brit costs the health service at least £1,000 in healthcare costs per year, a new major analysis suggests.

But those considered very obese, with a body mass index over 40, cost the NHS around £5,000 per head, due to weight-related health troubles.

The study, by firm Lane, Clark & Peacock (LCP), found that the problem is seemingly growing larger with time.

The average annual cost of treating the most severely obese Brits has risen from £1,300 in 2015, to £1,900 by 2019, the final year of the study.

This is thought to be because improvements in treatments have extended people’s lives, prolonging the need for care. 

A wealth of evidence shows that obesity can increase the risk of a host of life-limiting conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and several types of cancer.