“What policies are needed to counter the commercial determinants of health?” Claudio Schuftan and my Our latest commentary. The relevance of activists’ work in public health governance, accountability and right to to health and adequate food.#CoH World Public Health Nutrition Association medicinasocial.info/index.php/medi…

By 2050, every child on the planet will be exposed to over 4 heatwaves a year. UNICEF urges governments and leaders to take 4 actions. Wealthy countries must lead the way, but every country must act. Do not miss UNICEF powerful video UNICEF Media UNICEF Innocenti @PalomaUnicef

Uma coisa é reconhecer que parte do nosso trabalho precisa ser divulgada em inglês p/chegar a outr@s colegas, inclusive do Sul Global. A outra é reproduzir acriticamente práticas que geram desvantagens estruturais para pesquisadores que não têm o inglês como primeira língua 👇🧵

This image breaks me. At 2.7 degrees of warming, which is our present policy trajectory, two billion people will be exposed to extreme heat. 99.7% of those people live in the global South. People who have done nothing to cause this crisis. The injustice is staggering.

Many in the food industry downplay the likely importance of ultra-processed foods in chronic diet-related diseases. Many public health experts want action based on current evidence. Very few are calling for substantial investment in better UPF research. statnews.com/2023/09/12/foo…

Hot off the press!🔥 New article out on "Ultra-processed foods and cardiometabolic health: public health policies to reduce consumption cannot wait". In short "Existing evidence is sufficiently strong to warrant immediate public health actions" The BMJ bmj.com/content/383/bm…

Yet more leadership from Latin America in creating healthier food environments: Colombia passes ambitious ‘junk food law’ to tackle lifestyle diseases theguardian.com/global-develop…

Interesting new ABC Australia episode on ultra-processed foods featuring me along with Marion Nestle Phillip Baker Stephan J. Guyenet Laura Shapiro & Melissa Lane abc.net.au/listen/program…

The Nova UPF score, one of the four most suitable metrics for monitoring healthy diets globally according to FAO/UNICEF/WHO data.unicef.org/wp-content/upl, adapted and validated for use in Senegal. Soon, the same for India, Ecuador, and other countries. archpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Our latest paper out today in The BMJ with editorial, we report on the observational meta-analytic evidence associating ultra-processed foods with a range of health outcomes. bmj.com/content/384/bm…

Today, President Lula and his Ministries signed the new country's national food basket in line with Brazilian Dietary Guidelines (shown in the picture). Foods in this basket, un/minimally processed foods and culinary ingredients (of course, no UPF), will be exempt from taxation.

This is so so so important, especially as we're on the brink of a full-blown biodiversity crisis. Also foods that might have low GHGs may have high water footprints, land use, etc. Glad to see that this is being brought to the attention of people in the field of nutrition.

“An ecological reorientation of the decision-making elements that influence how Codex sets food standards... could help transform food systems towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals.” Our new paper is available online here: rdcu.be/dM44q

This new Food and Agriculture Organization report warns that investment in the UPF industry could undermine global food security, harm public health, "and threaten all dimensions of agrifood systems sustainability", due to the association between UPF, intensive agriculture and industrial livestock. 👇