Andrea Smith (@andread_smith) 's Twitter Profile
Andrea Smith

@andread_smith

Senior Research Associate @mrc_epid. Interested in health, behavioural epi & the prevention of childhood obesity. Also @GeminiResearch & CPDA @JesusCollegeCam

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Amy Ahern (@amy_ahern) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📣 2 jobs in our team Cambridge University for people who want to improve the lives of people living with obesity & have the skills and experience to help lead our National Institute for Health and Care Research funded research programme to further develop and evaluate our SWiM intervention. doi.org/10.2196/31801

Alison Fildes (@ali_fildes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pleased to see so much coverage of our Gemini Study UCL study showing strong genetic influence on fussy eating from toddlerhood into adolescence. Hopefully struggling parents will find this message reassuring! theguardian.com/food/2024/sep/…

Dr Rana Conway (@ranaconway) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New paper alert! UK toddlers consume 47% of their calories from UPFs and the more UPF toddlers eat the higher their intake of sodium and free sugar. Full paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.100… Gemini Study UCL Clare Llewellyn Lisa Heggie Gaby Heuchan Behavioural Science & Health UCL UCL

New paper alert!
UK toddlers consume 47% of their calories from UPFs and the more UPF toddlers eat the higher their intake of sodium and free sugar. 
Full paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…
<a href="/GeminiResearch/">Gemini Study UCL</a> <a href="/ClareHLlewellyn/">Clare Llewellyn</a> <a href="/LisaaHeggie/">Lisa Heggie</a> <a href="/GabyHeuchan/">Gaby Heuchan</a> <a href="/UCL_BSH/">Behavioural Science & Health UCL</a> <a href="/ucl/">UCL</a>
Gemini Study UCL (@geminiresearch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨Gemini study in the media!📰 New research on fussy eating in Gemini has attracted enormous media attention! 🎊Congratulations to the Gemini team: Zeynep Nas (also on Bluesky) Moritz @alicekini Andrea Smith Alison Fildes Clare Llewellyn See below thread for a snapshot of press coverage🧵

🚨Gemini study in the media!📰

New research on fussy eating in Gemini has attracted enormous media attention!

🎊Congratulations to the Gemini team:
<a href="/Zeynep__Nas/">Zeynep Nas (also on Bluesky)</a> <a href="/mrtzhrl/">Moritz</a> @alicekini <a href="/AndreaD_Smith/">Andrea Smith</a> <a href="/ali_fildes/">Alison Fildes</a> <a href="/ClareHLlewellyn/">Clare Llewellyn</a>

See below thread for a snapshot of press coverage🧵
Amy Ahern (@amy_ahern) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔊Fantastic opportunity for a PhD student to join our team and 1) explore experiences of weight loss maintenance following obesity medications & 2) develop better support for physical and mental health. Fully funded (home fees only). Deadline 7th Jan 2025 findaphd.com/phds/projectde…

Dr Anca Dobrescu (@ancateodoradob1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A kind reminder to all #BFDGECRs you still have a week to share your thoughts and help shape next year's event which will be held in Bristol, 23 April 2025. We look forward to welcoming many of you here! #BFDG2025 #MyBFDG.

Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health (@acamh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

❗NEW PODCAST❗ #FoodFussiness describes the tendency to eat a small range of foods, due to pickiness &/or reluctance to try new foods. Alison Fildes Moritz Zeynep Nas (also on Bluesky) & Clare Llewellyn explore their research into the trajectory of #FussyEating from toddlerhood to early

Association for the Study of Obesity UK (@uk_aso) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Call for Abstracts! 📢Submit your abstract for a 5-min quickfire presentation at the ASO East of England Networking Event (EoE) on 30th January in Cambridge. Open to researchers at all career stages. Share your work! 📝 Submission DDL: 6th December 🔗 bit.ly/3ZnSOCS

Call for Abstracts!
📢Submit your abstract for a 5-min quickfire presentation at the ASO East of England Networking Event (EoE) on 30th January in Cambridge.
Open to researchers at all career stages. Share your work!
📝 Submission DDL: 6th December
🔗 bit.ly/3ZnSOCS
MRC Epidemiology Unit (@mrc_epid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join the Innovations in Obesity Prevention and Management: From Evidence to Action 30/01/2025, organised by the Association for the Study of Obesity UK Register for an afternoon Jesus College filled with networking opportunities & insightful discussions about the field of obesity. buff.ly/4i5wxkF

Join the Innovations in Obesity Prevention and Management: From Evidence to Action 30/01/2025, organised by the <a href="/UK_ASO/">Association for the Study of Obesity UK</a>

Register for an afternoon <a href="/JesusCollegeCam/">Jesus College</a> filled with networking opportunities &amp; insightful discussions about the field of obesity.

buff.ly/4i5wxkF
NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) (@bristolbrc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Parents attending an adult weight management programme, who were worried about their child’s weight, would accept support and signposting to services for their child if it was offered: our new study published today in BMJ Paediatrics Open #Obesity #ChildhoodObesity bit.ly/4hlScDV

Parents attending an adult weight management programme, who were worried about their child’s weight, would accept support and signposting to services for their child if it was offered: our new study published today in <a href="/BMJ_PO/">BMJ Paediatrics Open</a> 
#Obesity #ChildhoodObesity
bit.ly/4hlScDV