Anyway to force an app to 'refresh' in the background? Apple Health app doesn't

Hi all,

Happy new year!

I have an issue I’ve tried everywhere to solve. Was wondering if anyone can help.
I have an app that I use to track calories. Works well and links to Apple Health so any active energy I burn it gives me back as extra cals.

The issue is that Apple Health app does’t update often (if at all) in the background. So I have to open Apple Health, I then see the Active energy update, then when I go into the calorie tracking app I see this update correctly also.

Is there anyway to force a refresh of Apple Health anyone knows of? It’s not listing under background refresh. I was thinking maybe via shortcuts that run every 30mins? Or even ideally…

When calorie app opens → Open Health app in the background.

Anything like that possible?

Regards,
Simon