Simone Santerre

I'm really into health promotion, non-communicable disease prevention, and the creation of healthy environments. Good food for all. MScPH @McGillU @unimelb

[Simone Santerre @simone_ws]

I wrote a thing and then another human wrote about the thing I wrote (en français svp). How cool.
https://t.co/Y3iSO9dS67

[The Food Foundation @Food_Foundation]

The case is clear - we're paying the price for a food system that's been neglected for years.

Nowhere is that more evident than in these two findings from our new #BrokenPlate report ⬇️

https://t.co/1u7IKoElUO

[IAS @InstAlcStud]

"Everything that people are doing online is generating data, and that data is being used to refine marketing over time."

This leads to people who engage with alcohol ads being targeted more and more, and they're often the people most at risk of harm.

https://t.co/jgVIjEIFt8

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

‘If all else fails, sue.’

This is an astounding new report.

We know that big food companies deliberately engineer and market unhealthy products so that we eat too much of them, too often.

And lots of you will have seen that this is why multiple lawsuits are beginning in the USA.

But what you probably didn’t realise is that it isn’t just people who are harmed by unhealthy food who are using the law.

The companies who make unhealthy food are doing it too. But on a MUCH bigger scale...🧵
https://t.co/thYzFueJpC

[Carlos A. Monteiro @CMonteiro_USP]

A 45-country study linking UPF consumption to millions of deaths and multiple NCD outcomes "supports policies targeting industrial food processing including FOP warning labels and dietary guidelines that explicitly address the degree of food processing." https://t.co/LE22M8TlNp

[Carlos A. Monteiro @CMonteiro_USP]

The most complete comparison yet between cigarettes and UPFs. Both are engineered delivery systems designed to maximize reinforcement, habitual overuse, and profits—using sensory additives, and reward acceleration, while driving disease and health costs. https://t.co/fABKx6EXyJ

[Michigan Research @UMichResearch]

A new study co-written by @UMich psychologist Ashley Gearhardt reveals that young adults develop significantly negative attitudes toward the food industry when exposed to messages that highlight its aggressive marketing of addictive, ultraprocessed foods. https://t.co/D3Jq9BNm0z

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

Extraordinary press conference just now in San Francisco where @SFCityAttorney David Chiu has just announced a lawsuit against the largest manufacturers of Ultra-Processed Foods, including Kraft Heinz, Mondelez, Post Holdings, Coca Cola, Pepsi, General Mills, Nestle USA, Kelloggs, Mars and Con Agra brands...🧵

[Carlos A. Monteiro @CMonteiro_USP]

Hot off the press! 🔥 Our new BMJ piece shows how the focus on “healthy” UPFs—promoted by industry and nutrient-centric academics—inflates benefits, legitimizes industry narratives, and distracts from the real priority: cutting overall UPF consumption.
https://t.co/aATV5LnTZJ

[Rob Percival @Rob_Percival_]

Yes, we're still trying to understand the novel harms conferred by some UPF. Yes, we need that research. But we can't afford to wait before we act. It'll take decades to unravel it all, and in the meantime the UPF industry will continue to steamroller the public's health.

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

Evidence suggests ultra-processed foods are displacing long-established dietary patterns, worsening diet quality & are associated with increased risk of multiple chronic diseases.

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/WhNOJYNIco

[Rob Percival @Rob_Percival_]

The new Lancet series on UPF is just great. Especially in its articulation of the core Nova hypothesis, which critics often seem to misunderstand.

This is what they're missing... 🧵

https://t.co/3lF3Ks9NMW

[Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 @DoctorChrisVT]

Ultra Processed Food, and the system that produces it, has overtaken tobacco in terms of health and economic harms, and is also the leading cause of plastic pollution, loss of biodiversity and deforestation, and the second leading cause of emissions.
This week @TheLancet published a landmark three-part series on the science, policy and politics of #UPF. https://t.co/CNhNhLaLA0

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

Ultra-processed foods – what’s the impact?

In a new Lancet Series, experts warn a global rise in #UPFs presents a growing public health threat.

Read the evidence & policy recommendations ⬇️
https://t.co/cKavYNYlcQ

[Carlos A. Monteiro @CMonteiro_USP]

From this great report: Sustainability practices, like the “Cocoa for Generations” plan outlined by Mars, or Pepsico’s “Pep+” initiatives are Band-Aids on broken bones. Large food corporations need to be phased out to make global food systems sustainable. https://t.co/OZJkTgpXZA

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

My brief address at the Spanish Parliament last week, on how capitalism is driving the polycrisis, and how we can begin to align production with democratically ratified objectives.

[Phillip Baker @PhilBakerNZ]

Ultra-processed foods are reshaping global diets, health & the planet.

🌍 Join us for the global launch of The Lancet Series on UPFs & Human Health, 📅 19 Nov (London & online)

Experts will unpack the science, policy & politics of UPFs.

🔗Register: https://t.co/joE9rKY54a

[UNICEF MENA - يونيسف الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا @UNICEFmena]

In MENA, malnutrition goes both ways:
🚨 Millions trapped in unhealthy diets
🚨 Millions pushed to hunger

Action is needed — now.

[Kick Big Soda Out @KickBigSodaOut]

Big Soda puts profits 💵 ahead of our health. But once we understand their tactics, we can start to push back.

Big Soda’s influence is strong, but so is our voice. Join the movement: https://t.co/be30ZTpMJ0

[IPES-Food @IPESfood]

🛒 What if public grocery stores could tackle food inequality, rising prices, & a broken retail system – all at once?

Our @_RajPatel & @grocery_nerd make the case (& crunch the numbers) for publicly owned, nonprofit grocery stores in @CivilEats

https://t.co/ZNdBUFCulX

[Carlos A. Monteiro @CMonteiro_USP]

If current trends persist, up to half of UK adults may seek to avoid UPFs within five years, according to Levercliff—a food industry consultancy that conducts repeated, nationally representative consumer surveys. https://t.co/S4Nu0n5Zcn