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A huge loss to the obesity research community. Dr James was so generous as to write a chapter in our #obesogenicEnvironments book My condolences to his family.

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Super useful tool from @unicef to help implement principles of engagement with food and beverage industry. Important that UN agencies are explicitly tackling this question. unicef.org/media/143406/f…

Our report indicates the Australian food industry is preferentially applying Health Star Ratings to healthier categories and avoiding showing star ratings on packs of low-rating less healthy items. Read the report in full: buff.ly/40fJOOZ #HealthForAll

ICYMI, there was a small bit of good news on child obesity in October. The 2022/23 National Childhood Measurement programme showed a fall in rates of obesity among reception (4-5 y/o) and year 6 (10-11 y/o) children for the second year running. 1/n

There's lots of talk about 'systems thinking' in public health research, but it's not always clear what it might mean for doing things differently. In this paper Miriam discusses how systems thinking could help generate novel research questions. gh-bmj-com.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/content/8/Supp…

In a modeling study, Karl MF Emmert-Fees and team estimate the health and economic impact of national sugar-sweetened beverages taxation scenarios in Germany. Karl Emmert-Fees Public Health & Prevention @TUM Michael Laxy TU München @Pete_Scarbs Ben Amies-Cull @moflaher doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Earlier this month, one of our papers on the Soft Drinks Industry Levy was retracted by the BMJ and a correction published in BMJ Open. The process has been long and challenging. But we're pleased to be able to correct the record. My reflections: mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/blog/2023/12/1…

In case you missed it earlier, we published the FoRK Toolkit in the The BMJ today. Here's a blog about it. And a 60 second explainer, thanks to MRC Epidemiology Unit comms team mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/01/2…

#postdoc job opportunity! The SHIFT project, led by @Pete_Scarbs, is looking for a modeller. Can you help us model the impact of food systems interventions and policy scenarios? You will be based Oxford Smith School, working with Dr Mike Clark. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Ultra-processed food corporations are destroying traditional cuisines and indigenous food cultures worldwide. Surely we should try and stop them? I discuss the UPF concept with Anthony Warner and Mike Raynor for TABLE w/ Soil Association 👇 tabledebates.org/letterbox/is-t…

Our latest Letterbox series has launched! Over the next couple of weeks, Rob Percival, Mike Rayner, & Angry Chef will discuss the utility of the Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) concept. The first round of letters are available here: tabledebates.org/letterbox/is-t…

Round 2 of our Letterbox series on ultra-processed food is live! Read the responses Rob Percival, Mike Rayner, & Angry Chef have written to each other here: tabledebates.org/letterbox/is-t…

Very happy with Times review of my exhibition, Landscape and Imagination Compton Verney - ‘languid, thoughtful and hung with pictures lovely to look at’ - thank you Laura Freeman!

New paper on the UK's Soft Drinks Levy led by Pete Scarborough & Linda Cobiac at Oxford. We measured how the tax changed sugar consumption and found bigger falls in more deprived areas. We then modelled how this would affect health.... journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a…

All 9 letters & a summary are now posted for the latest Letterbox series on UPFs. Rob Percival, Mike Rayner, & Angry Chef discuss UPFs & how useful the term actually is. Read here: tabledebates.org/letterbox/is-t…

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our former CEO, colleague, and friend Andrew Dougal OBE. As CEO of NICHS from 1983 to 2015 he was a passionate advocate for people suffering from chest, heart and stroke illnesses and he leaves a lasting legacy.

Join us online on Tuesday, 10 Sept from 9.15 to 11 am BST to hear the results of a new @ATNIndex study focussed on aligning Nutrient Profile Models for reporting on the healthiness of food portfolios. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…