Table 2.
The main themes of the reviewed newspaper articles (N=220).
| Main theme | United Kingdom articles (n=151), n (%) | United States articles (n=69), n (%) | Total (N=220), n (%) |
| Other | 1 (0.7) | 3 (4.3) | 4 (1.8) |
| Communication tool | 1 (0.7) | 2 (2.9) | 3 (1.4) |
| Diet/healthy food | 11 (7.3) | 5 (7.2) | 16 (7.3) |
| Disease specific | 16 (10.6) | 4 (5.8) | 20 (9.1) |
| Information source | 9 (6.0) | 4 (5.8) | 13 (5.9) |
| Sport and fitness | 43 (28.5) | 20 (29.0) | 63 (28.6) |
| Health care apps | 70 (46.4) | 31 (44.9) | 101 (45.9) |