The Centre for Economics of Obesity

The Centre aims to provide evidence that justifies investment, putting reduction and prevention of obesity at the heart of local and national government policy.

[Mandala – Transforming urban food systems @mandala_food]

We’ll be checking in before & after Mandala research projects through a series of short films. Here's a taster of the first film profiling our research with Change Kitchen, a social enterprise in Balsall Health, Birmingham... #foodsystems #healthy #sustainable

[The Centre for Economics of Obesity @UOB_CEO]

Fab team building day yesterday! Talked about research priorities, synergies across work streams, successful fellowship/research applications and how to be own authentic research leader. Lots to reflect on 🙂 #teamwork #economics #obesity @NIHRresearch @unibirmingham @HEU_UoB

[Local Government Association (LGA) @LGAcomms]

A healthy workforce and community helps to reduce the number of people who develop long-term health conditions and improves productivity.

Our new guide explores how councils and their partners can support this work their communities 👇
https://t.co/5I9mQfkyYO

[Magdalena Skrybant @MSkrybant]

👏 @jonathanboote - this looks like a really great paper and defniitely one for my reading list📚 Part of my role as #PPI lead is to 'recruit' people to groups and panels, so I'm really interested in this area.

[The Food Foundation @Food_Foundation]

📢 Our Executive Director Anna Taylor is a keynote speaker at tonight's @UniKent Annual Civic Lecture!

It will explore #poverty the #RightToFood and how to create a food system delivering access to healthy, sustainable food for all.

🎫 Join us: https://t.co/nDQOGz8KRV

[Irina Pokhilenko @I_Pokhilenko]

Starting the new academic year with a 1-month visit to the @UNI_FIRENZE thanks to @EUni_Well! Thinking of how much I’ll miss these views on the way to work already makes me sad💔

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

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https://t.co/pDhXiEfMhi

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

So, @ohid asked the Scientific Advisory Committe on Nutrition (SACN) to write a position statement on processed foods and health, which is out today: https://t.co/9dQUcb7DJ1

It's worth a look (if you're interested in this sort of thing - seems a lot of people are...)

[Irina Pokhilenko @I_Pokhilenko]

Enjoyed presenting the results of the @FuelStudy at #IHEA2023Congress. Special thanks to @OlufunkeAlaba for chairing the session!

[The Food Foundation @Food_Foundation]

Disappointing to see yet another food policy delay with multi-buy restrictions now not coming in until Oct 2025.

What would help families during the #CostOfLivingCrisis? Offers on healthy and staple food, rather than foods high in fat, sugar and salt.

https://t.co/O2AW3NBTTT

[The Food Foundation @Food_Foundation]

🚩 97% of snacks marketed at babies & toddlers feature a nutritional/health claim on the front of packaging despite often being high in sugar.

The Govt must act to regulate the marketing & composition of such foods, as states our #BrokenPlate report.

🔗 https://t.co/BdPvj6I4fx

[The Centre for Economics of Obesity @UOB_CEO]

Latest paper from @UOB_CEO @HEU_UoB looking at impact of changing the value of Healthy Start Vouchers with @hmb2829 @JoLohse - see thread:

[The Food Foundation @Food_Foundation]

🎬 Our Executive Director Anna Taylor speaking live on #StephsPackedLunch on @Channel4!

She covered rising food prices and how families can access help to feed their children during the summer holidays.
#HAF #foodpoverty #FreeSchoolMeals

Watch here: https://t.co/9vfB0YyEqp

[The Centre for Economics of Obesity @UOB_CEO]

Absolute pleasure to host you Nienke @MaastrichtU - good luck with the rest of your studies and keep in touch.

[Irina Pokhilenko @I_Pokhilenko]

Time flies! It was a pleasure to host Nienke from @MaastrichtU at @UOB_CEO and @HEU_UoB for the past 3 months, who was working on her MSc thesis about mental health care use of people living with obesity. Couldn’t be more proud and excited for what the future holds for you!

[Irina Pokhilenko @I_Pokhilenko]

Time flies! It was a pleasure to host Nienke from @MaastrichtU at @UOB_CEO and @HEU_UoB for the past 3 months, who was working on her MSc thesis about mental health care use of people living with obesity. Couldn’t be more proud and excited for what the future holds for you!

[The Centre for Economics of Obesity @UOB_CEO]

Well-done, Nienke!

[Irina Pokhilenko @I_Pokhilenko]

Today at the @HEU_UoB internal seminar, Nienke de Graef presented her MSc dissertation work on mental health care costs of people living with #obesity as part of her placement at @UOB_CEO. Proud supervisor here!😎

[Carina Alm @CarinaAlm]

Norway to ban unhealthy food adverts aimed at kids.

The junk food rules will come into force at the start of next year when a ban on the sale of energy drinks to people under the age of 16 will also be introduced. 👌

https://t.co/uiKldgfzSY

[Gary Sacks @gary_sacks]

The full set of reports for the Food-EPI Australia 2022 initiative is now available online: https://t.co/Bl13C9rl1e. In the overall report for Australia, you can check out how each jurisdiction is performing https://t.co/MKYMAsvURL @GLOBE_Deakin @IHT_Deakin @_INFORMAS

[The Centre for Economics of Obesity @UOB_CEO]

Can anyone recommend a more ethnically diverse version to this please:

[Thijs van Rens @tvanrens]

🧑‍🎓Post-doc🧑‍🎓position with Lola Oyebode and myself @warwickecon on online field experiment making healthier and more @sustainedchoice dietary choices.🥦🥬🫘🍎@WarwickFoodGRP @cage_warwick SALIENT @esrc @DefraGovUK @OxPrimaryCare @MRC_Epid. Apply by 29.5.23: https://t.co/QpDeulhppT