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🟥Gvmt data shows food price inflation 1.4% higher than pre-pandemic 🟥55% of households with children worried that not being able to afford energy / food bills will affect their kids' health 🟥This rises to 73% in Free School Meals households Full story: foodfoundation.org.uk/press-release/…

🚨 The competition for Soc-B +4 PhD studentships is now open! 🚨The Soc-B CDT offers a unique, 4-year PhD training programme in biosocial research. More info and how to apply via: ucl.ac.uk/soc-b-biosocia… UCL Population Health Sciences UCL EPH Behavioural Science & Health UCL UCL Primary Care & Population Health UCL DAHR Economic and Social Research Council Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research

a real set back. welcome the 15 new specialist centres for severe childhood obesity but we need far more support in primary care and public health.

Many types of family leave are available to fathers but are often underused. In #EngagedFatherhood Alison Koslowski and Margaret O’Brien TCRU at UCL IOE describe key features associated with higher take-up of these policies, and recommendations for policymakers. bit.ly/3wZaPaK

📣 Dear Gemini families, the Gemini Study UCL 2021 newsletter is here! Please look out for your hard copy arriving soon (if it hasn't already!) 👀✉️ For those interested, read our full e-newsletter here 📰: tinyurl.com/yckvzzm8

It’s really surprised me the lack of health support for partners of mothers with newborn babies. In the (paid) NCT antenatal classes we ‘dads’ were shown 6 ‘Mr Men’ cards with all the roles we were expected to play, while also being sleep deprived & adapting. (1/n)

Why do members of the LGBTQ+ community have poorer health? How do we collect important information on sexuality? Should you try to stay impartial when you're researching something you really care about? Episode 5 with Evie Tabor out now! 🏳️‍🌈🥳 Enjoy! 🥰 anchor.fm/emma-walker28/…

New study out in PLOS One which provides evidence for intergenerational transmission of #appetite traits between mothers & children (3-12y) in Mexico ▶️ bit.ly/3tecl8I Clare Llewellyn Claudia Hunot Patricia C. Edgar VasquezGaribay

New paper out in International J Obesity exploring the extent to which hypothetical parental feeding interventions can mitigate polygenic risk for obesity using causal inference mediation analyses. Thx to super smart @bldestavola & Nadia Micali @Mo_abdulk tinyurl.com/3ye8va68 Children of the 90s

Studying health inequalities has been my life's work. What’s about to happen in the UK is unprecedented | Michael Marmot theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Fascinating findings from Brian K. Lo, PhD at #ISBNPA2022 - higher engagement from fathers in #earlyyears caregiving showed benefits for fathers own health and wellbeing (benefits reach beyond the children themselves) 👨‍👧🏃🍏

Had a blast presenting my PhD work on infant feeding and infant growth at #ISBNPA2022 and attending all the brilliant sessions this year 🍼☀️🎉

Current PhD student Kristiane Tommerup recently presented her research at #ISBNPA2022 in #Phoenix, USA. Kristiane used Gemini Study UCL data collected when Gemini #twins were 3-12 months of age 🔎

Cumberland Lodge joy!🥳☀️ We learnt about #diversifying and #queering surveys, #inequalities in #mentalhealth, addressing #access and the #awardinggap in academia, the impact of #representation and #inclusive practices + so much more! 👏 Ramota Msc, AFHEA Maddie Davies Kellock = the best ❤️

'Women on lower incomes face the biggest losses in earnings - In the first three years after having a baby, women on lower incomes saw their earnings fall by around 30%. But women on higher wages saw their earnings drop by around 20%' yikessss 😬

CEDAR & MRC Epidemiology Unit researcher @dollytheis comments on the The Food Foundation #BrokenPlate2022 report, which found that healthy food is nearly three times more expensive than unhealthy products, and increasingly unaffordable for many. Read the report➡️foodfoundation.org.uk/publication/br… (1/2)

Last but certainly not least slot on day 3 of #ISBNPA2023! Discussing the power of digital health apps in the critical first 1000 days of a child's life. Scalable & accessible innovative solutions to enhance child health and empower parents ISBNPA

Conference highlight: meeting w Kristiane Tommerup + talking about non judgmental formula feeding support for parents feeling lost + without enough support + attaching support to existing services like Baby Buddy via NHS #ISBNPA2023 (bad faith responses will be blocked ʕ•̀ω•́ʔ)

It’s fantastic to have so many of the Gemini Study UCL team together at #ECO2024 in Venice. The brilliant Lisa Heggie is also here but she’s so busy with her EASO role we failed to pin her down for a photo 😉 Clare Llewellyn @alicekini Andrea Smith Kristiane Tommerup Zeynep Nas (also on Bluesky)