New oped alert: Lax regulation of food additives is a real problem serious people worry about. But let's not lose sight of the big picture. Junk food is cheap, ubiquitous, and heavily advertised, while healthy food, relatively hard to come by. nytimes.com/2025/05/12/opi…

Junk food companies are doubling down on sport sponsorship to avoid the upcoming (and much delayed due to lobbying) ban on HFSS advertising before 9pm on TV. Our kids’ heroes are advertising Hula Hoops, Redbull and Kit Kats while obesity prevalence in UK children is one of the

Frankie Gerard Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 Huel is UPF. The commercial determinants of eating disorders have been overlooked. People are bombarded by misleading marketing which is harmful, particularly for young people.

This is a problem hiding in plain sight as something that's just accepted - but needs calling out to protect our health, especially children's. This article attempts to illustrate the scale of that problem - thanks to everyone who helped get it out there bmj.com/content/390/bm…

Will Norman Caroline Woodley Sarah J Young Joe Walker TfL - Sorry but what was the plan to stop this danger again? Any updates? It continues. Thank you… #PavementParking #PavementDriving #RedRoute #School #Hackney #HackneyNewPrimarySchool

🎙️ Episode 1 is LIVE! Why is eating well so hard – even when we want to? Neuroscientist Stephan J. Guyenet breaks down: 🏪 Why our food environment outpaced our biology 🧠 How certain foods hijack our brains 💊 What the data shows about Ozempic & GLP-1 drugs Apple:

What are the relative impact of diet vs physical activity on the global obesity crisis? New paper out pnas uses the DLW Database with 4000+ participants across 34 populations to investigate Obesity & Energy Expenditure Across the Economic Spectrum. Open access link below!🧵1/

*At most*, decreased daily expenditure can account for one-tenth of the obesity problem. !Diet appears to be responsible for >90% of the obesity crisis in developed (and developing) countries! 6/

There is now overwhelming evidence that what and how much we eat affects most health-related outcomes, including obesity and associated consequences pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.10…

Peasant life in eighteenth century France. Extraordinary to contemplate the fact that for most people for most of history existence was (from a modern perspective) a kind of living hell.

Many moons ago, Kevin Hall and I talked about a book we both wished existed. No fads, no weight loss hacks—just the nutrition and metabolism science. I’m thrilled to announce that we wrote it! Out September 23 Avery Books & available now for pre-order. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671334/f…

I’m excited to announce my new book FOOD INTELLIGENCE coauthored with brilliant journalist Julia Belluz! Cutting through the confusion about diet & health, #FoodIntelligence describes the fascinating science of how food both nourishes and harms us. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671334/f…

Actually quite a bleak tweet because for every kid like this there are hundreds of thousands of others who also might have picked up the Iliad but will be given smartphones and so will never touch it or any other book

It is exceedingly rare to find a nutrition book that actually belongs in the non-fiction section...this is one of them: congrats, Kevin and Julia!

The recipes without artificial dyes already exist. It’s time companies like Welch’s started using them in America.

Probably one of the most prophetic paragraphs of the twentieth century - from Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985)

New calorie data (from double labeled water) on 100-mile mountain ultras: ~15,800 kcal to cover the distance (while consuming roughly half that) ... followed by burning 4,200-4,900 in the 24hrs *after* the race, presumably for repair and replenishment. outsideonline.com/health/nutriti…

So looking forward to hosting the rather fabulous Chris Packham! He's such a much-loved and talented science communicator. Can't wait to hear him natter about all things science and nature! 🤩

Do you know the true impact of the commercial determinants of public health? In the wake of editing FHJ, Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 talks ultra-processed food, alcohol and tobacco – and the conflicts of interest which hold back healthier policy – in the latest edition of

There is an emerging consensus in the field. I’d add that the food and commercial environment also contributes to the rise of eating disorders worldwide.