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And special congrats to our family of speakers Katherine Cullerton (moving to BlueSky) @HSkouteris Leah Marks Yvonne Laird @KBackholer Yaya Maddie Heenan @AnnaPeetersAus Joseph Carrello Alexandra Chung Siew Lim Anne Grunseit A/Prof Carissa Bonner Danielle Currie @mishymorgs Adam Shoesmith

Congrats to Yaya for leading this important paper examining discourses that shape policies for regulating unhealthy food & beverages marketing sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

That girl, Beatrice Waruguru, went to Saudi Arabia when she was 19. At 21, she landed at JKIA in a coffin... Eyes removed, breasts chopped off, hands broken, and strangled... Dead. Family at first refused to collect her body in disbelief. But for how long will this continue? 🤔

“Academic structures and processes at elite universities as well as academic publishers/journals are complicit in reinforcing power arrangements.” “One way to resist this might be to reflect on how we, as researchers, legitimize and reproduce the status quo in global health.” .

Ngqangashe et al. Yaya Katherine Cullerton (moving to BlueSky) Sirinya Phulkerd examine the frames & underlying discourses that shape policies for regulating unhealthy food & beverages marketing. Frames are identified with 5 paradigms. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…!

Ngqangashe et al. Yaya Katherine Cullerton (moving to BlueSky) Sirinya Phulkerd examine the frames & underlying discourses that shape policies for regulating unhealthy food & beverages marketing. Frames are identified with 5 paradigms.11/13 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…!

New article on how different actors assert authority to influence the regulation of food marketing :-) authors.elsevier.com/a/1fHJH15oGpCx…

#globalhealth needs to STOP using the word "decolonizing". It doesnt apply here. Its about equality and acknowledging different health needs/systems and the space for everyone to contribute to and benefit from. Its not about #colonialism. Its about dignity/access/#EqualityforAll

In phalaborwa with Nzama Mbalati learning with TAC about our relationship with food and the role it plays in our health and well being. #food transition #whatsinourfood #xasisonke

Ngqangashe et al. Yaya @MCHP_AUS Australian Research Centre for Health Equity examine how policy actors assert 5 types of authorities influencing food marketing policies in Australia. Industry actors claim more authority types. Government actors claim circumscribed authority. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…!

Add to that some reading...new paper from Yaya & Sharon Friel on regulatory governance in Australian food policies lnkd.in/giArreqj PHAA is on Bluesky ANZJPH

The Nakedi family have opened a case of common assault against 3 white men seen attacking 2 black teens for swimming in what they claim is an ‘only whites’ pool at the Maselspoort Resort in Bloem during Christmas celebrations yesterday. 📸Supplied Nokukhanya ‘Siri’ Mntambo