A new study in Australia has shown that shoppers making simple food and drink switches could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from groceries by 26% imperial.ac.uk/news/253619/fo…

Our new study led by alliegaines and published Nature Food yesterday shows that small food swaps even among very similar products can substantially reduce the environmental impact of our diets nature.com/articles/s4301…

Conclusion of the more recent study from the USP, Imperial College and IARC partnership: dietary guidelines promoting a plant-sourced diet should emphasize not only the reduction of meat, red meat, or animal sourced foods but also the need to avoid all UPF authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S26…

Great poster World Public Health Nutrition Association conf showing #sweeteners consumption in U.K. 4-10 year olds not necessarily alongside ⬇️ free sugars intakes & low cal soft drinks may even be displacing water 😱 Eszter Vamos Our view is that we need a much more proactive stance against sweeteners in UK!

Anahad O'Connor captured the most important implication of the USP/Imperial/IARC paper on the joint effects of processing and animal/plant sourced foods: 'Eating a plant-based diet is good for your health, but not if those plant foods are ultra-processed'. washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/…

"Plant-based ultra-processed foods (#UPFs) don't seem to have protective health effects and are linked to poor health outcomes." Study involving researchers from Imperial School of Public Health find #UPFs are linked with a 7% increase in the risk of heart disease.🫀 👇 imperial.ac.uk/news/254034/pl…

Policies which encourage plant-based and sustainable diets need to safeguard against promoting #UltraProcessedFoods Eszter Vamos Kiara Chang

You’re invited!! Visit our stall to explore our research on ultra-processed foods this weekend Great Exhibition Road Festival in South Kensington PHPE Unit Department of Primary Care & Public Health Imperial School of Public Health Jennie Parnham Kiara Chang

New #SPHR research led by Jennie Parnham Eszter Vamos had found that the universal infant free school meal policy helps children eat less ultra-processed foods #UPF sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event… National Institute for Health and Care Research Imperial School of Public Health #FoodPolicy #PublicHealth

Are ultra-processed foods harming our health? 🍔🍟 Imperial College London experts and global leaders gathered to tackle this critical issue, including Eszter Vamos, who highlighted the urgent need to improve school #nutrition. #UPFs Imperial School of Public Health imperial.ac.uk/news/258854/im…

🚨 New published paper! Can differentiated VAT rates promote healthier diets? I assess Costa Rica’s 2023 reform aiming to align VAT rates with nutritional aspects to “guarantee a balanced diet” Read Food Policy: doi.org/10.1016/j.food… Imperial Business School Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation 1/9🧵👇

To all colleagues worldwide who work or have worked with Nova: Nova and its creators have never had, do not have, and will not have any association with the newly launched Novo Nordisk project to create "Nova 2.0." Please share using this link: fsp.usp.br/nupens/wp-cont…

The Novo Nordisk Foundation - which makes money from obesity drugs - is holding a meeting with food industry funded scientists to 'redefine' an unhealthy diet. This is bad for public health and more than 80 of the world's leading independent food scientists are calling for a boycott. 🧵

👏Congrats to Matt's 1st PhD paper!! Showing no difference in free sugar intake in UK children between non- and consumers of low-calorie sweetened products by end of 11-year study period -> Read more doi.org/10.1007/s00394…