Maddie Thomas

[Maddie Thomas @mt_nutrition]

It was so nice to be back at @UniversityLeeds today! Great to learn about so many exciting examples of industry & academia collaboration.

[Maddie Thomas @mt_nutrition]

@drshellm So well deserved Michelle!

[FIO-FOOD Grant @FIOFood]

Thank you to Maddie and Nilani for being such great hosts for our 18month project meeting 🧡

[FIO-FOOD Grant @FIOFood]

Day 2 for the FIO Food & DIO Food Project team meetings - it’s been lovely to meet in person

[Dr Rebecca Stone @DrRAStone]

📣NEW FIO-Food PUBLICATION ALERT!📣

https://t.co/Sg4Olk6cse

In a sample of PLWO:
1️⃣ The COL crisis was associated with food insecurity
2️⃣Food insecurity was associated with greater use of budgeting, supermarket offers, energy saving appliances, and resourcefulness 📝💰🛒⏲️💡🧐

[Maddie Thomas @mt_nutrition]

Great to hear from so many different voices in the food system and to come together to formulate policy and clinical recommendations.

Thank you for organising a brilliant day Alex, Marta and Dan!

[FIO-FOOD Grant @FIOFood]

Another great workshop with the @FIOFood project Stakeholders! This time in London @nesta_uk.

We have been busy co-creating opportunities and actions to address #FoodInsecurity for people living with #obesity. @rowett_abdn #TUKFS #SPFfoodsystems

[Sainsbury's News @SainsburysNews]

This week Sainsbury's has become the only UK supermarket awarded an A rating for Climate Change by CDP. We're incredibly proud to have received this truly outstanding achievement for the tenth consecutive year, showing our unwavering commitment to environmental transparency as we continue to deliver our Plan for Better.

Find out more here: https://t.co/LD2p0kVwR5

[Sainsbury's News @SainsburysNews]

We've been named this year's @PeasPleaseUK Pledger Champion! This was awarded in recognition of our commitment to increase the proportion of our vegetable sales by 1%, for example through initiatives such as the Nectar Great Fruit & Veg Challenge where we offer customers incentives to buy more fruit and veg

[CDRC @CDRC_UK]

Congratulations to our Nutrition and Lifestyle Analytics team from @UniversityLeeds who were today awarded an @ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize. The team were delighted to accept the award with our project partners Sainsbury’s and @fromIGD.

[FIO-FOOD Grant @FIOFood]

Great LIVE talk from @BrownAdey at @NutritionOrgUK Annual Day 2023 in London, presenting insights from the @FIOFood project 👏#obesity #foodinsecurity

[Dr Rebecca Stone @DrRAStone]

💥📢 New preprint from @FIOFood!! https://t.co/HRBZjDskjQ

In a sample of PLWO:
1️⃣ The COL crisis was associated with food insecurity
2️⃣Food insecurity was associated with greater use of budgeting, supermarket offers, energy saving appliances, and resourcefulness 📝💰🛒⏲️💡🧐

[The Food Foundation @Food_Foundation]

📰 A new academic evaluation of @sainsburys top up of @NHSHealthyStart vouchers in 2021 finds the scheme increased the amount of fruit and veg bought by almost 1 portion a day per household!

Great evidence that retailers supporting the scheme can help to level up dietary inequalities.

https://t.co/FAs9ybXYWM

[Nutrition Bulletin @NBU_Editor]

⚡️NEW ORIGINAL RESEARCH⚡️

Supermarket top‐up of Healthy Start vouchers increases fruit and vegetable purchases in low‐income households by Madeleine Thomas et al.

Read this #openaccess paper here⤵️
https://t.co/fc6zEouHvC
#nutrition #research

[FIO-FOOD Grant @FIOFood]

Today @profpaulgately attended a parliamentary event representing the @FIOFood Team to provide a summary of project objectives and highlight how to support more effective policy outcomes for people living with #obesity and #foodinsecurity

[FIO-FOOD Grant @FIOFood]

Sharing our second podcast with @BrownAdey @CharlotteHardm3 @FloraD @profpaulgately highlighting the importance of lived experience and exploring eating as a behaviour so we can co-develop interventions - let us know what you think ! @rowett_abdn
https://t.co/YQelIAn7Is

[Sadiq Khan @SadiqKhan]

NEW: City Hall will be funding free school meals for every primary school pupil in London.

No child should go hungry in our city.

The Government have refused to act, so I’m stepping up.

https://t.co/gXtrRd0BEQ

[FIO-FOOD Grant @FIOFood]

Our @FIOFood team is growing in number and expertise! @rowett_abdn

[FIO-FOOD Grant @FIOFood]

We can’t believe we have already entered the Q2 of the @FIOFood Project! It has been a busy three months. Below we highlighted our recent achievements. Thank you to all partners, collaborators, and PPI members for your support! #costoflivingcrisis #rowett_abdn #obesity

[Maddie Thomas @mt_nutrition]

@lucyj_nutrition @saraheeberry Wow, thank you for the nomination Lucy😊

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: a column in the Times argues that the only way to tackle obesity is through fat shaming (yes, you read that right).

It’s an astonishing argument to make, and unsurprisingly it falls to pieces under scrutiny.

Let’s take a look, and see if we can do better: