Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈

NHS Dr @HTropDis @UCLH
Professor of Infection and Global Health @UCL
@UNICEF_uk supporter
Broadcasting: @MiradorMgmt
Books: @RCWZW

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

‘If all else fails, sue.’

This is an astounding new report.

We know that big food companies deliberately engineer and market unhealthy products so that we eat too much of them, too often.

And lots of you will have seen that this is why multiple lawsuits are beginning in the USA.

But what you probably didn’t realise is that it isn’t just people who are harmed by unhealthy food who are using the law.

The companies who make unhealthy food are doing it too. But on a MUCH bigger scale...🧵
https://t.co/thYzFueJpC

[Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney]

Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare next event! CONFLICTS OF INTEREST is our subject and we have a fantastic line up of people to help us talk, think and reflect on what we do about it. and it's ONLINE to include as many folk as possible. join us https://t.co/uocvSGyqya

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

"Conflicting Interests in Healthcare: what they are, what do they mean, what can we do about them?"

Online event this Thursday 22nd Oct with @mgtmccartney @ProfSunitaSah @CHPIthinktank @rebeccacoombes and many others should be spectacular.

This is one of the most important and least discussed subjects in modern medicine.

Some spots still available - booking details below.

https://t.co/6HVSmKUtpX

[Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney]

Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare next event! CONFLICTS OF INTEREST is our subject and we have a fantastic line up of people to help us talk, think and reflect on what we do about it. and it's ONLINE to include as many folk as possible. join us https://t.co/uocvSGyqya

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

@elniedunne @JournalistJill @HJoyceGender @xandvt or that ideas of perfection may differ! X

[Pain Concern @PainConcern]

Did you catch Dr Cathy Stannard on @BBCRadio4?

Cathy discussed many key issues in pain with @DoctorChrisVT & @xandvt – a great listen

🎧 https://t.co/DVVkcWVnVR

⭐ Cathy guest-edited last year's Pain Matters 88 https://t.co/w0UNCceloE

[RoslynByfield @RoslynByfield]

@DoctorChrisVT your caller asking for the proper medical terms for body parts to be used reminds of an old story. GP asks a little boy 'how are your waterworks?' Boy turns to father and asks 'Does he mean my penis, Daddy?'.

[Marina Hyde @MarinaHyde]

I am HONOURED to have written about My Desk - and what can only be sarcastically referred to as my writing process - for India Knight

https://t.co/EqYFiTgius

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Junk food is convenient, cheap and hard to resist. Yet against these daunting advantages governments have found a formidable array of counter-measures https://t.co/PfbuHL6RGi

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

A terrible loss. She was the world's premiere infectious disease reporter -- an icon for all of us in public health science and journalism alike.

[Henry Pelly @HenryPelly]

This question is really revealing as to what people think is sustainable and where they think the impacts of construction are. It’s almost all in the upfront impact of new materials. Even if they are natural. The most sustainable building is…

[First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition]

We also wrote about this in our October newsletter - read it here https://t.co/OwilZNLM19

[Austin Frerick @AustinFrerick]

I'm excited to present Barons next Thursday at the University of Northern Iowa!

It’s gonna be a whirlwind, and honestly, I can’t wait. The talk is at 6pm and open to the public, but come early because there’s going to be a food truck.

[Carlos A. Monteiro @CMonteiro_USP]

A new RCT shows that even when UPF meals are nutritionally matched to non-UPF meals, they trigger higher insulin spikes, alter energy metabolism, and also change how your brain responds to food cues. Food processing matters far beyond macronutrients! https://t.co/wQvoiO6bWi

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

@MikeNeal13 @GardenerFliss Hahaha. None taken. But it IS beef mince I think

[Marina Hyde @MarinaHyde]

As someone who believes that most books are a golden ticket to somewhere, I’m amused there is an actual golden ticket inside a few of What A Time To Be Alive!

Some great bookshops here - happy hunting

[Marina Hyde @MarinaHyde]

Wow Leicester Square just got even trashier etc

It’s publication day for my book, What A Time To Be Alive! Available now in bookshops, audiobook or here … https://t.co/FEtiLcLs99

[Marina Hyde @MarinaHyde]

My last ever Guardian column!

https://t.co/TgxkQWBN5j

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

@GardenerFliss What a time to be alive.

[The potting shed @GardenerFliss]

Always read the labels!
Why are supermarkets adding ultra processed ingredients to this !!!

Lidl is adding pea protein to beef mince and calling it “High Protein”.
What exactly is pea protein? It's a highly processed powder extracted from yellow peas. Sounds utterly unappetising to me!
Why on earth are we messing about with perfectly good beef?
Give me proper British beef, with one ingredient: BEEF!
This is exactly why I use my local butcher. I want to know what I'm eating and where it's come from.
Support British farmers and read those labels! 🇬🇧

[Austin Frerick @AustinFrerick]

Check out this new interview I did on Freakonomics, where I'm the lone voice saying the meatpackers aren't so great.

"FRERICK: You shouldn’t be allowed to keep a dominant market position through bribery, yet they have." https://t.co/n5pJy0hEu8

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

The short course in travel medicine at
@LSHTM
is open for applications. It's one of the best courses I've ever taken and now I'm proud to teach on it alongside world class experts.
It's for physicians, pharmacists, specialist nurses - anyone interested in reducing risk for travellers with complex needs or itineraries.
Come join us in London from 2nd -6th November 2026
https://t.co/XTmfcwNl1i