Mike Rayner

I am a researcher into public health nutrition and a minister in the Church of England

[Hercberg Serge @HercbergS]

Systematic review of nutrient profile models for front-of-pack nutrition labelling
by Margarida Bica, Jessica Renzella, Asha Kaur & @MikeRayner
Nat Food (2026), Nat Food (2026). https://t.co/LrVQsrISMD

[Centre for Food Policy @FoodPolicyCity]

Join us online on Tuesday, 10 Sept from 9.15 to 11 am BST to hear the results of a new @ATNIndex study focussed on aligning Nutrient Profile Models for reporting on the healthiness of food portfolios.

https://t.co/1rjQUSZXBW

[Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke @nichstweet]

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our former CEO, colleague, and friend Andrew Dougal OBE.

As CEO of NICHS from 1983 to 2015 he was a passionate advocate for people suffering
from chest, heart and stroke illnesses and he leaves a lasting legacy.

[TABLE @TableDebates]

All 9 letters & a summary are now posted for the latest Letterbox series on UPFs.

@Rob_Percival_, @MikeRayner, & @One_Angry_Chef
discuss UPFs & how useful the term actually is.

Read here: https://t.co/JEx9EIQIZn

[Jean Adams @jeanmadams]

New paper on the UK's Soft Drinks Levy led by Pete Scarborough & Linda Cobiac at Oxford. We measured how the tax changed sugar consumption and found bigger falls in more deprived areas. We then modelled how this would affect health.... https://t.co/QwtdU3z15p

[Christiana Payne @cjepayne]

Very happy with Times review of my exhibition, Landscape and Imagination @ComptonVerney - ‘languid, thoughtful and hung with pictures lovely to look at’ - thank you Laura Freeman!

[TABLE @TableDebates]

Round 2 of our Letterbox series on ultra-processed food is live!

Read the responses @Rob_Percival_, @MikeRayner, & @One_Angry_Chef have written to each other here:
https://t.co/JEx9EIQb9P

[TABLE @TableDebates]

Our latest Letterbox series has launched!

Over the next couple of weeks, @Rob_Percival_, @MikeRayner, & @One_Angry_Chef will discuss the utility of the Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) concept.

The first round of letters are available here: https://t.co/JEx9EIQb9P

[Rob Percival @Rob_Percival_]

Ultra-processed food corporations are destroying traditional cuisines and indigenous food cultures worldwide. Surely we should try and stop them?

I discuss the UPF concept with Anthony Warner and Mike Raynor for @TableDebates w/ @SoilAssociation 👇

https://t.co/SqdTCnXpnx

[Future of Food @oxfutureoffood]

#postdoc job opportunity! The SHIFT project, led by @Pete_Scarbs, is looking for a modeller. Can you help us model the impact of food systems interventions and policy scenarios? You will be based @TheSmithSchool, working with Dr Mike Clark.

https://t.co/n7oHfFUGTg

[Martin White (moving to BlueSky...) 💙🇪🇺🇺🇦 @martinwhite33]

In case you missed it earlier, we published the FoRK Toolkit in the @bmj_latest today. Here's a blog about it. And a 60 second explainer, thanks to @MRC_Epid comms team

https://t.co/wswrkFLzbp

[Jean Adams @jeanmadams]

Earlier this month, one of our papers on the Soft Drinks Industry Levy was retracted by the BMJ and a correction published in BMJ Open. The process has been long and challenging. But we're pleased to be able to correct the record. My reflections: https://t.co/aulZoHWobz

[PLOS Medicine @PLOSMedicine]

In a modeling study, Karl MF Emmert-Fees and team estimate the health and economic impact of national sugar-sweetened beverages taxation scenarios in Germany. @kemmert_fees @TUMPublicHealth @ellaxiii @TU_Muenchen @Pete_Scarbs @ben_amies @moflaher

https://t.co/6JZBXvU39Q

[Jean Adams @jeanmadams]

There's lots of talk about 'systems thinking' in public health research, but it's not always clear what it might mean for doing things differently. In this paper @miriamralvarado discusses how systems thinking could help generate novel research questions. https://t.co/1LX8IKRJr9

[Adam Briggs @ADMBriggs]

ICYMI, there was a small bit of good news on child obesity in October.

The 2022/23 National Childhood Measurement programme showed a fall in rates of obesity among reception (4-5 y/o) and year 6 (10-11 y/o) children for the second year running.

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[The George Institute for Global Health @georgeinstitute]

Our report indicates the Australian food industry is preferentially applying Health Star Ratings to healthier categories and avoiding showing star ratings on packs of low-rating less healthy items.

Read the report in full: https://t.co/7DrZswcpAy #HealthForAll

[Jo Jewell @JoMJewell]

Super useful tool from @unicef to help implement principles of engagement with food and beverage industry. Important that UN agencies are explicitly tackling this question. https://t.co/PxjrYcPq1j

[Mike Rayner @MikeRayner]

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[Mike Rayner @MikeRayner]

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[Prof Amelia A Lake @Lakenutrition]

A huge loss to the obesity research community.
Dr James was so generous as to write a chapter in our #obesogenicEnvironments book
My condolences to his family.