Michael Essman

PhD Nutrition Epidemiology. Obesity policy. Co-owner of a great gym with nice people. Views my own.

[Jean Adams @jeanmadams]

New paper led by @MeganPolden from our evaluation of menu calorie labelling requirements in England. Big increase in outlets providing any labelling - from 21% pre to 80% post. But only 15% of outlets met all best practice criteria. https://t.co/0yLswEGNwY

[Michael Essman @MichaelEssman10]

Paper by @KateGarrott & colleagues @MRC_Epid deserves attention. Particularly when concerned about equity, degree to which people must understand intervention or change behavior is important for potential barriers. Framework helps examine demands interventions place on people.

[Kate Garrott @KateGarrott]

New paper out today:Our paper presenting the Depth framework to categorise the demands of population health interventions on individual agency https://t.co/GN41CJmR1z

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

📢*NEW* paper to add to our work in this area (https://t.co/5XDJGvy7eG):

Avoiding conflicts of interest and reputational risks associated with population research on food and nutrition: the Food Research risK (FoRK) guidance and toolkit for researchers https://t.co/kBE6ojsIOB

[Michael Essman @MichaelEssman10]

@Pete_Scarbs Haha yikes

[Michael Essman @MichaelEssman10]

@Pete_Scarbs Yes I agree, and often a challenge in natural experiment to get a good control.

[Michael Essman @MichaelEssman10]

@Pete_Scarbs Not Bruno! The one overlooked

[Jean Adams @jeanmadams]

Today the fabulous @KateGarrott presented our new framework categorising agentic demands of population interventions for diet and physical activity at #phsci https://t.co/jh18LqM9oG

[Michael Essman @MichaelEssman10]

@Pete_Scarbs Another concern that often gets voiced about VAR is the lack of consistency. VAR intervention is inconsistently applied (eg some players get picked up for violent contact and then Bruno G from Newcastle gets nothing for a clear elbow to head vs ARS).

[Michael Essman @MichaelEssman10]

@Pete_Scarbs Is it worth thinking about some of the FA and Carabao cup games that do not have VAR? Could restrict to just premier league teams playing each other in earlier rounds. Not sure how big a sample you’d need to detect differences in your outcomes.

[Jean Adams @jeanmadams]

New paper from the fab @MeganPolden Kilocalorie labelling in the out-of-home sector before new regs: 21% of outlets had labelling, ~20% customers notice or use it when it's there, mean purchase is 1013kcal with 69% exceeding recommended 600kcal/meal
https://t.co/NsMz9pUUwL

[Michael Essman @MichaelEssman10]

@martinwhite33 @jeanmadams @thomasburgoine @M_Keeble @AlexiaSawyer @thefoodrules @Catrin_P_Jones @YanainaChU @JHoenink @KarremanNancy @YuruHuangg Why couldn’t we have exported the friendly southern manners without the fried chicken??

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

This is an extraordinary interview by @jamieoliver He shows a deep understanding of the challenges of securing child health, tackling socio-economic inequalities and ensuring food systems deliver for the people, which puts the government to shame with their duplicity and cruelty

[Michael Essman @MichaelEssman10]

@KaraHume1 @HaleyBurhans @LC_Ornelas21 @emcefalo Hayley Church, and other wonderful volunteers have built something special at CrossFit Chapel Hill! Read about it here!

[Carolina Giving @carolina_giving]

Associate Professor Kara Hume coaches Power Hour, an inclusive adaptive fitness class for young adults with autism and other developmental disabilities. A new @UNCSchoolofEd faculty fund empowers Hume to study the social and health impacts of Power Hour. https://t.co/iRb1qoJ0BJ

[Michael Essman @MichaelEssman10]

@martinwhite33 So disappointing and shockingly short sighted of this new government. A sustainable NHS style health care system is not possible with zero prevention strategies and obesity/associated NCDs rates as they are in the UK

[Yuru Huang @YuruHuangg]

We built a longitudinal nutritional database of food sold by large chain restaurants in the UK using automated Python programs (major time saver, compared to hand transcribing⏱). It can be used for relevant policy evaluations and potentially improve nutrient intake estimation.

[Michael Essman @MichaelEssman10]

@d_zaltz Very well summarized, thank you!

[Michael Essman @MichaelEssman10]

@JoMJewell @lindseypsmith Thanks @JoMJewell and great to hear from you! Crazy how many years have flown by

[Lindsey Smith Taillie @lindseypsmith]

Congrats to @MichaelEssman10 on his new study of media reactions to South Africa's sugary drinks tax. It's not surprising that most negative statements about the tax were made by the food industry, with high support from scientists & the government.

https://t.co/K7IFAFPg0V

[Michael Essman @MichaelEssman10]

New paper out creating an index that takes into account several components of the food environment. Bottom line: the quality of the food environment is associated with cardiovascular disease outcomes.
https://t.co/iouiIxzdnf

[Michael Essman @MichaelEssman10]

https://t.co/Upnlww8uHq Love this! 1) getting outside 2) strength training in old age 3) body awareness and control. Fitness and falls prevention program. #fitness #antifragile #movement