New Publication PLOS Medicine: removing the largest serving for draught beer - the imperial pint - reduced volume of beer sold in pubs by 10% journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a… Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge MRC Biostatistics Unit Theresa Marteau Gareth Hollands (moved to Bluesky) 1/7

'Fancy a two-thirds'? Study suggest shrinking pints to boost nation's health | ITV News itv.com/news/2024-09-1…

As a study shows that British beer drinkers prefer a two-thirds pint measure, Rosamund Hall says it would do us good if, down the pub, we were a little more continental independent.co.uk/voices/pint-be…

Does removing the pint serving size cut beer consumption? New published research in PLOS Medicine led by researchers from BHRU MRC Biostatistics Unit Cambridge University Read more 👇 mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/news/does-remo…

Eleni Mantzari and colleagues investigate whether reducing the size of beer servings sold by the glass in licensed premises could reduce alcohol sales. @behavchangedsgn 🔎: doi.org/10.1371/journa…

British beer drinkers, face the truth: a pint is too big, a half is too small – all hail the two-thirds measure | Elle Hunt theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Me on why two-thirds is the superior measure theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The power of the pint: is it time to retire one of the world’s biggest beer measures? theguardian.com/food/2024/sep/…

Wetherspoon’s boss calls academics’ smaller beer glass proposal ‘slightly daft’ dlvr.it/TDzdtV

Can calorie labelling change what people eat and drink? 🍔🍷 New #CochraneReview finds calorie labels can reduce food & drink purchases, but more research is needed—especially for alcohol. 👉🏽 Learn more: buff.ly/42d8Pxe #PublicHealth #FoodLabelling #SystematicReview

🔊 Published today, our new Cochrane review on the impact of calorie labelling on people’s selection and consumption of food (including non-alcoholic drinks) and alcohol: cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10… Short thread below 👇

Calorie labels have small effect on eating habits - study bbc.in/40D61s7

Having calorie counts on menus only leads to an 11-calorie reduction in food ordered per meal — about the same as two almonds ⬇️ thetimes.com/article/4591cb…

Providing calorie information labels on menus and food products has a small but important effect at a population level on the choices that people make, a large Cochrane review has concluded bmj.com/content/388/bm…

Our President greg fell FFPH tells The BMJ why providing calorie info – a policy backed by the the public – can help tackle obesity but is just one of a range of measures needed.

Calorie labels on menus have a small but meaningful impact on people’s choices, review finds trib.al/lYMwfcv

Calorie labelling has a small effect on what people eat and drink, according to a Cochrane review by colleagues at BHRU, EPPI Centre, Oxford Population Health (OxPop) & our own librarian, Nia Roberts. cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10… As featured in a BBC News story: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

New paper @socscimed doi.org/10.1016/j.socs… using four rapid reviews of evidence on whether #nudges need a regulatory push. Nick Chater @DollyvanT pierre chandon Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social Nesta greg fell FFPH Thread below 1/6

📢 New paper out now in @socscimed, led by Theresa Marteau - 'Do nudges need a regulatory push? Comparing the effectiveness and implementation of exemplar nudge (size-based) and non-nudge (price-based) dietary interventions' Available open access: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #Nudge