Sugar now on PHE agenda (gov.uk/government/new…) but education is not enough - time for some real public health upstream action please!

Tobacco control agenda in England - call for support from health professionals on standardised packaging surveymonkey.com/s/PlainPacks

Amartya Sen presents a powerful argument that universal health care is an affordable reality for all theguardian.com/society/2015/j…

Review of UK 5 a day recommendation might exclude fruit juice due to concerns over high sugar content - an issue of contention for years

Annie - could you please 'tweet' me the photo from this afternoon? Richard Geddie Watt

Great poster display UCL EPH PhD students. Prize winners Hannah Creese & Ali Sizer w/ Sir Michael Marmot Richard Geddie Watt

wow……...

This week's Offline: solving WHO's "persisting weaknesses" part 2 thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/…

Two volunteers with potential Ebola exposure flown to Britain reut.rs/1C7t3oN

WHO has published the first systematic review of eLearning in undergraduate health professional education. whoeducationguidelines.org/content/elearn…

Working more than 48 hours a week increases the likelihood of higher alcohol use by 11% bmj.co/1B4sLjm

NEJM paper highlights high levels of cancer causing formaldehyde found in E cigs yahoo.com/health/hidden-…

New WHO recommendations on free sugars just published: apps.who.int/iris/bitstream…

Loneliness—the “disease” that medicine has promoted but cannot help blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2015/01/27…

RT @nytimeshealth: Sugary drinks tied to earlier menstruation. nyti.ms/1v4i4vQ

MT CDC: You’re more likely to be exposed to secondhand smoke if you're living in poverty. #VitalSigns go.usa.gov/huPV

Picasso died #onthisday in 1973, aged 91. Here’s a study for his Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ow.ly/L8bR6

Is America bad for your health? action.apha.org/site/MessageVi…