Afton Halloran, PhD
@aftonhalloran
Scientific Manager, Global and Environmental Health @novonordiskfond
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Almost 60% of adults in the region and one in three children are overweight or have obesity. A holistic approach is needed to tackle #obesity! New editorial from The Lancet Reg Health-Europe highlights the key findings of the WHO European Regional #ObesityReport 2022: thelancet.com/journals/lanep…
Not 1 Editor's Pick but 4 book recommendations this month: 📙 The Economics of Sustainable Food, from Afton Halloran, PhD 📙 Call of the Reed Warbler, from Magnus Nilsson 📙 The Intersectional Environmentalist, from Paola K. Norström 📙 Braiding Sweetgrass, from Robert Happy reading!
Winners will pocket a whopping 2 million dollars to match their ambition! bit.ly/3Q4vCC4 Any in your network? Ashoka Social Nest Foundation | Making impact grow #sustainability #development #funding #grants #climatefinance #awards #funds #sdg2 #sdg14 #blueeconomy #aquaculture #foodsystems
Meet Christian Mogensen, the author of the 2020 study “The Angry Internet - A threat to gender equality, democracy & well-being”, in the #podcast episode "Undoing Digital Abuse of Women". Listen to #nordictalks on your preferred podcast platform. #inspiretoact nordrefoundation
With its $2M, B4plastics will prototype biodegradable #fishinggear sooner. They're now testing durability with dogbones, here depicted in front of their Diploma. It all started with a nomination. Submit yours! bit.ly/3QVIr2P #savetheoceans #bioplastic #funding #grant
Are selected as Finalists for the 2022 Food Planet Prize: Apeel Sciences WonderbagOfficial: @RagnSells_Group's EasyMining 📰 Discover their planet-saving and world-feeding work bit.ly/3qF3PNG The next three finalists will be unveiled on Wednesday, 21 September!
Systems thinking for noncommunicable disease prevention policy: guidance to bring systems approaches into practice. New manual form WHO/Europe #NCDs office. bit.ly/3DKXCb2
1/7 Are you interested in what #systemsthinking approaches are being used in #NCD Prevention Policy?Based on a review and expert insights, we developed guidance with WHO/Europe #NCDs to try to help move these approaches into practice: who.int/europe/publica…. Here's the summary:
For podcast lovers, Food Planet Prize Jurors Franco Fubini and @FarmerClara got you covered with respectively Transform the Food System and Winter Growers, available on all main platforms.
Turizem Ljubljana @Ljubljanskigrad European Food Summit Great round table discussion about "How do we become a "common-sensitarian" society?" with: 🗣️dr. Adriana Rejc Buhovac 🗣️Ana Roš 🗣️Andrea Petrini 🗣️Marleen Onwezen 🗣️Martin Jezeršek 🗣️Dr. Afton Halloran
Learn more about the #OpenAccess study behind this story at Nature Food; published by Line Gordon, Afton Halloran, PhD, Amanda Wood nature.com/articles/s4301…