If food labels were honest, we'd all be a lot healthier.... h/t Lee Jay Cisler

🔥new The BMJ article on conflicts of interest in nutrition, why they matter and what can and should be done to avoid them. This is not about the integrity of any one scientist, it's about the significant & systematic bias that such conflicts confer bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Excellent news that this law with a watershed time for TV and online bans for junk foods will be in force from next year. All developed (but not implemented) under a Tory government. Important exemplar on prioritising children's rights and health. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Please read and share this important new letter in The Lancet. It is an ethical imperative to study mpox and breastfeeding without delay to enable recommendations to protect infants. Many thanks to colleagues Mija Ververs and Prince Imani for this letter. thelancet.com/action/showPdf…

A much-needed guidance tool to remind & support health workers, health systems, professional associations & NGOs to prohibit companies that market foods for infants & toddlers from sponsoring health professional and scientific meetings @MIALONMelissa World Health Organization (WHO) 👏👏👏

It's encouraging to learn that the health of infants & toddlers matter to Australian decision-makers and that strategic marketing strategies by commercial milk formula companies and voluntary regulations are being scrutinized ACCC 👏👏👏

Our latest research calls for improvements to commercial foods for babies and toddlers. Young children and their parents deserve accurate labelling, honest marketing and nutritionally adequate foods👶 Helen Skouteris Monash Nutrition cambridge.org/core/journals/…

📢 Exciting news! The Independent Expert Group (IEG) on Corporate Accountability is now officially launched! The IEG will critically evaluate voluntary corporate performance indexes as a mechanism for monitoring the behaviour and impact of TNCs on health. Gain more insights

Ready-made meals for babies and toddlers are falling alarmingly short of global nutrition guidelines. One in four supermarket products failed to meet the expectations of the World Health Organisation. Dr Alexandra Chung from Monash University joins Rebecca Maddern. #7NEWS

The President of Mexico has announced that they will ban the sale and promotion of ultra-processed and sugary drinks in schools. This is a breakthrough for the protection of children. CINyS - INSP Poder del Consumidor ContraPESO

Based on ‘… a large and growing body of evidence (premature mortality, cancer, CVD, obesity, diabetes, impaired mental, resp. and gastr. health)’, avoiding or moderating UPF consumption is now embodied in the FAO/WHO core principles of healthy diets👏👏 openknowledge.fao.org/items/44d5714a…

Incredible report - Five companies are responsible for over 80% of TV ads for snacks and confectionary aired before the watershed - despite claiming not to advertise to children. >4 million people working in the food sector earn below the Real Living Wage. Do read and share.

Even before a child's learnt to read, they can recognise brands, and a child’s knowledge of food brands can be a significant predictor of adiposity. Dr Vicky Sibson looks at how consumption of commercial baby foods has been normalised and why it's a problem bmj.com/content/387/bm…

Brilliant explanation by Mark Lawrence on why limiting UPF intake should be an integral part of dietary guidelines to promote both public health and planetary sustainability.

A first-of-its-kind lawsuit against 11 UPF industries alleging they engineer their UPF products to be addictive with details on the actions taken to target children including internal memos, meetings & the research conducted to create addictive substances. forthepeople.com/blog/morgan-mo…

Grateful to 80+ colleagues worldwide for standing with our team at the School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo—creators of the Nova classification and the UPF concept—against this regrettable attempt to discredit our work. Read their letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1SDWKWi…