These incredible young people shared their own stories and warnings about the harms of e-cigarettes this morning at World Health Summit. Thank you to Min Ged Kearney for your strong call to action. When it comes to protecting young people from vaping, we have no time to waste! ⚠️

A review by Elisa Pineda and colleagues at Imperial College London reveals that health taxes for high-fat, salt, and sugar foods may effectively reduce unhealthy food intake, helping to tackle obesity and related health issues.

Read more about the findings: buff.ly/3U9dBWP

Research Assistant job available in the Sustainable Healthy Food Group OxPrimaryCareSci 🌟
Join us to trial interventions that encourage healthier & sustainable food purchases & consumption. You'll report to Dr Rachel Pechey who is a 10/10 human. Pls share!
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Looks like an interesting role going at FARE fare.org.au/about/careers/

The main findings of a new investigation by Public Eye and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), which shed light on Nestlé’s hypocrisy and the deceptive marketing strategies deployed by the Swiss food giant. stories.publiceye.ch/nestle-babies/ via Public Eye Rema Nagarajan

Chelsea Hunnisett, Planetary Health Equity Hothouse PhD researcher & Government Relations Specialist, is rightly worried about silences re: #MeasuringWhatMatters . We need noise about this progressive policy to shift the status quo of an #economic system that locks in intergenerational #inequity .

Corporate hypocrisy at its finest: Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk products sold in Africa, Asia, & Latin America, but excludes it from products sold in wealthier regions. This threatens food justice & the right to health of millions of children globally. #StopCorporateAbuse

While they may not have gotten the votes from Nestlé's shareholders this time - really appreciate all ShareAction's activities to hold big food to account for the healthiness of their products #cdoh

Very disturbing behaviour from the world’s largest food company theguardian.com/global-develop…

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Similar challenges in Aus on appropriate role of the food regulatory authority

We're not shy in 'pressuring' (ie regulating) industry to meet food safety standards, yet remain reticent to use regs to address long-term food poisoning from unhealthy diets

foodpolitics.com/2024/04/what-i…

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…

Loophole in food delivery app may be a hazard to your health. Thanks for covering Sarah Berry. Glad to see response from Govt Tara Moriarty & industry. Meal delivery apps need to be considered in current & future policies Sisi Jia #SydneyNursingSchool smh.com.au/lifestyle/heal…

The amount of sugar in Fanta has quietly gone up by 60% since 2021, despite past pledges to cut back.

Time for Australia to catch up to over 100 countries around the world & introduce a health levy on sugary drinks. #RethinkSugaryDrink bit.ly/3PVoutW

Mandatory poodles on bikes... and interesting new public health law proposal 😉

What do you reckon Jullietta jung Ben Beck