Astbury, Nerys M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9301-7458
Edwards, Rhiannon M.
Ghebretinsea, Fitsum
Shanyinde, Milensu
Mollison, Jill
Aveyard, Paul http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1802-4217
Jebb, Susan A.
Article History
Received: 12 January 2021
Revised: 7 July 2021
Accepted: 7 July 2021
First Online: 23 July 2021
Competing interests
: All authors have completed the Unified Competing Interest form (available on request from the corresponding author) and declare: NMA, SAJ and PA were investigators on the DROPLET clinical trial which was funded by an investigator-initiated research grant from Cambridge Weight Plan UK Ltd to the University of Oxford. SAJ and NMA are investigators on a trial which digital weight loss interventions have been provided by Slimming World and Rosemary Conley to the participants of the trial free of charge. PA did half a day’s consultancy for Weight Watchers and spoke at a symposium funded by Novo Nordisk. SAJ attended a 1-day meeting on digital health interventions, organised by Oviva UK Ltd, in which expenses were paid to the University of Oxford. None of these activities have led to personal payments. SAJ and PA are members of NHS England advisory boards relating to weight-loss interventions for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity. RE, FG, MS and JM have no competing interests to declare.