Millie Barrett

Public health nutrition researcher at Centre for Food Policy, City, University of London.

[Millie Barrett @barrett_millie]

Excellent presentation from two young activists from @BiteBack2030 at the @Wphncongress about power imbalance in the food system and the immense harm being done to children globally. Time for change 💪👏

[No Child Left Behind @NoChildBehindUK]

📈 Child poverty is skyrocketing 📈

In today’s #AutumnStatement, the Chancellor has a choice: Take real action on child poverty, or continue with the same failed policies that are letting our children down.

What will you do next, @Jeremy_Hunt?

[Millie Barrett @barrett_millie]

@krishgm Why did C4 news spend 20 minutes on this story before turning to the NATO conference and the war in Ukraine? that was hard to justify to my teenager watching and wanting to understand global geopolitics......

[Henry Dimbleby @HenryDimbleby]

Whichever party is in power in ten years time, they will be crippled by the harm diet is doing to our health. The current political inactivity is grotesque and irresponsible. https://t.co/gbTBa9xl0h

[Emma Lewell MP @EmmaLewell]

Spiralling food costs are pushing families to the brink, with 27% of households with a child under four experiencing food insecurity.

My Bill will help maximise take-up of the Healthy Start Scheme at a time when families need it most.

@Feeding_Britain

https://t.co/whSf4lsPfH

[Christina Vogel @ChristinaAVogel]

Great to see the UK government pushing ahead with ban of multi buy promotions on HFSS products from 1st October this year.

Unfortunately - like the location part of this regulations - there is a real chance that it won’t be enforced.

Let’s hope retailers DO adhere.

[Preeti Dhuria @PreetiDhuria]

The UK government has got the legislation in place to agree the principle. Now there is a need to refine reflecting on the policy recommendations in the paper. https://t.co/iZsLhWGywQ

[Millie Barrett @barrett_millie]

@1stepsnutrition Great to see this important report out from @1stepsnutrition calling for regulation to protect babies and infants from ubiquitous UPFs in our retail environments.

[First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition]

"Our food systems are currently failing to provide families with healthy diets because they are oriented towards generating profit from selling UPFs... We need [to] make healthy foods available, accessible & affordable..." https://t.co/Jozo9gJ08u

[LifeLab @LifelabSoton]

🎉Celebrating welcoming our 13,000th student into the lab! 🎉
We are so proud of all the students that come through our door, our team and the hospital community we work with.
Congrats to @StAnnesUK whose students took us over the 13,000th milestone!
https://t.co/f6fF7UiXGv

[Millie Barrett @barrett_millie]

@UHSFTresearch @LifelabSoton @UHSFT Fantastic work from everyone @LifelabSoton
Looking forward to seeing the next 13,000 lucky students come through! 👏

[The Food Foundation @Food_Foundation]

👏 Great to hear MP @AndrewHWestern calling for an increase in the value of @NHSHealthyStart vouchers on @SkyNews and in @UKParliament

This would be a lifeline for families struggling with the #CostOfLivingCrisis

Read why here: https://t.co/uFg9SMlQDM

[Dr Christian Reynolds @sartorialfoodie]

My partner: it says don't shop when hungry Christian...
Me: Do what I say not what I do! 😂
(Behaviour change is hard for all of us)

[Kim Johnson @KimJohnsonMP]

We have 4 million children living in poverty in this country, yet we are the fifth richest economy in the world

The worst cost of living crisis since the 1950s

It's time this government committed to universal free school meals to end child poverty

#FreeSchoolMealsForAll #PMQs

[The Food Foundation @Food_Foundation]

👶 We've joined 15 organisations in calling for Health Secretary @SteveBarclay to urgently release Commercial Baby Food and Drink Guidelines.

Can you believe there is currently no guidance on how much sugar can be used in baby & toddler foods?

🔗 https://t.co/pxoQJv3yRU

[The Food Foundation @Food_Foundation]

⚠️ 'Parents are being forced to steal baby formula, water it down, or turn to the black market to feed their children due to rising prices'

MP @AndrewHWestern tells @UKParliament why the Govt must increase @NHSHealthyStart vouchers NOW!

Read more: https://t.co/V35CoLFPB8

[The Food Foundation @Food_Foundation]

Urgent action is needed to tackle the 'national crisis' of rising baby formula prices - as reported by @SkyNews

So why doesn't @RishiSunak raise the @NHSHealthyStart allowance in line with food price inflation?

🔗 https://t.co/uI0gODjUkX

https://t.co/Z3325JiOQk

[First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition]

Formula industry should not be allowed to protect their profits while some families are so desperate they are stealing #formula. A key question is - if Aldi can produce an infant formula that meets the regs & sell it for £9.39/900g why can’t other companies?

[Trussell @TrussellUK]

Last year, food banks in our network distributed almost 3 million emergency food parcels.

❗ More than a million of these were for children.
❗ This is the most parcels our network have ever distributed in a year.

We cannot let this continue.

[The Food Foundation @Food_Foundation]

'It doesn't look like there's anybody discussing what help is there for consumers and we're still seeing food prices rise incredibly rapidly'

Our Executive Director Anna Taylor speaking to @SallyBundockBBC on @BBCBusiness about today's @10DowningStreet #FoodSummit