Curating good choice, digital marketplace platforms and the framing of eating

Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminars by Oxford University

Dec 15, 202346:46Science & Medicine

Dr Jeremy Brice explores how consumer choice is governed, protected, and cared for by firms which operate digital marketplace platforms from the likes of Deliveroo to Amazon Fresh.

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