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
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.
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
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
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!
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
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
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
#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
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
Earlier this month, one of our papers on the Soft Drinks Industry Levy was retracted by the BMJ and a correction published in BMJ Open.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
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
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
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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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
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
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.