Expanded beyond my own science sphere last night at #pint24 in Galway, leaning about mammalian cancer rates, what we can learn from scorpion venom and why animals are the colours they are. Always love to see ECRs producing some great #scicomms too!

🧵 From July, a new government will have the opportunity to unlock our next generation's potential by investing in children's health and education. Today, we present the #SchoolFoodMatters manifesto, detailing how we achieve this through delicious and nutritious #SchoolFoodForAll

Really great talk by Claire Kerins at the University of Galway CMNHS Future Research Day focusing on how the media in Ireland communicates food poverty and its role in the national discourse. Particularly interesting were the differences in perceived food poverty causes between NI and ROI.

Ground breaking report that calls out how big industry determines our health & wellbeing. Excellent work WHO/Europe & all the academic authors!

Completely inspired after the Children's Research Network Child and Youth Participation Colloquium. Involving children in research makes findings richer and more impactful - we know this. Benefits aside, children have the right to be involved in all matters that impact them, including research.

✍️New blog: We need to see more ambition on food FFCC's Mhairi Brown asks whether this week’s party manifestos go far enough on food – and calls for politicians to match the ambition we’re hearing from citizens in #TheFoodConversation. Read 👇 ffcc.co.uk/conversations/…

14.3 million people are living in poverty in the UK We asked staff in primary schools and primary and community healthcare about the consequences of deepening poverty in their workplace and what work they do to tackle the impact of hardship Listen to what they said 🔽 (1/4)

When kids look around, they see what's placed in front of them, at their eye level. This is our children's food environment. Do you think this is good enough? #TalkAboutFood safefood.net/communications… Public Health Agency Department of Health BDA Northern Ireland

Newcastle council is calling time on junk food. New restrictions prevent takeaways from opening within 400m of a school or where more than 10% of Year 6 pupils are obese. Which is pretty much everywhere in Newcastle. A big day for #HealthNation. chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas… 1 of 3

WHO Issues First-Ever Set of Guidelines for Taxing Unhealthy Foods. Ample evidence from studies looking at #SSB led to a strong recommendation for more taxation of the drinks that are associated with Type 2 diabetes & other #NCDs including #dentalcaries. healthpolicy-watch.news/who-issues-fir…

Research shows young people want to work with schools and catering teams to co-develop school food frameworks. School food matters and it is young people's right to have a say in the food they receive. schoolfoodmatters.org/news-views/new… School Food Matters

Community Insight Co-Ordinator @ Prosper Wakefield - part of the Wakefield Health Determinants Research Collaboration. £42,000 4 year fixed-term contract Closing 10th of November lnkd.in/eMEd7UNA Public Health jobs

School food standards are mandatory – so why doesn’t every school comply? My Tes magazine feature, with insight from TurnerSchoolsUK, Dixons Academies Trust, Pioneer Educational Trust, Food Standards Agency, Professor Greta Defeyter, Shona Goudie, Andy Jolley, Good Food and FM Services🍎🥗, School Food Matters and LACA tes.com/magazine/analy…

📢 Gov finalises law to ban junk food ads from Oct 2025! This law will prevent children being exposed to TV ads before 9pm for unhealthy food products containing excessive salt, sugar & fat. It is hoped to help promote healthier diets in kids 🍏 tinyurl.com/36ev67zp

36 MPs now back Dr Simon Opher MP’s amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing Bill 👏👏👏 The amendment is calling for #FreeSchoolMealsForAll and would guarantee a hot midday meal for every primary school pupil, every day. 👀See if your MP is on the list 👇

Healthy food costs more than double less healthy options, according to new analysis bbc.in/4hBnuqC

1/ 🚨 New Publication! 🚨 Our systematic scoping review examines digital food marketing (DFM) and its impact on children, young people, and parents. What did we find? A thread 🧵👇 #FoodMarketing #PublicHealth

Our first CLICKBITE publication is now live Systematic scoping review exploring children and parents' attitudes and awareness to digital food marketing.

Passionate about health equity? Join @LeedsBeckett & Wakefield Council for a fully funded 3-year PhD tackling health inequalities with HDRC Wakefield! Start Oct 2025. Apply by 30th June #PhD #HealthEquity #Research #LeedsBeckett jobs.ac.uk/job/DNC085/ful…

New publication! Great to be involved in this project exploring how food poverty is understood and communicated across Ireland.