New #SPHR research led by Yanaina Chavez-Ugalde has found adolescents in the UK consume around 66% of their calories from UPFs and that more disadvantaged groups consume more UPFs sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event… National Institute for Health and Care Research BristolUniCPH MRC Epidemiology Unit #UltraProcessedFoods #PublicHealth

Around two-thirds of a UK adolescent’s diet is #ultraprocessedfoods (UPFs). Research from Cambridge University & University of Bristol found highest consumption among younger adolescents, especially from deprived backgrounds and those of white ethnicity. Paper – buff.ly/466Raae 1/3

Ultra-processed food makes up almost two-thirds of calorie intake of UK adolescents sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event… National Institute for Health and Care Research BristolUniCPH MRC Epidemiology Unit #PublicHealth #UPF #UltraProcessedFoods

Both of the actions you see in these photos potentially amount to the offence of ‘public nuisance’. One is punishable with “long, long prison sentences” & the other is rewarded with huge bonuses & billions in profits. Why the disparity? What does this mean for the rule of law?

📢 Will announcements made in the #KingsSpeech improve our food system? Our Head of Policy and Advocacy Hannah Brinsden examines the key talking points in our latest #podcast 🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/46dzBWn #childpoverty #NourishingtheNation

Spot on from Nicholas Shaxon of the Balanced Economy Project. But we need a new economic order not just to deal with monopolistic power but also to tackle climate change... theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Bye bye Bibby 👋

📣 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 NIHR Research funded research programme to further develop and evaluate our SWiM intervention. doi.org/10.2196/31801

What we've been saying for decades... theguardian.com/society/articl…

Could you lead research to discover the impacts of interventions designed to affect the amount of ultra-processed food people eat? Take a look at our #ResearchFunding opportunity: nihr.ac.uk/funding/2478-u…

We are looking for a Senior Teaching Associate to join our MPhil Population Health Sciences team at Cambridge. You will contribute to deliver of high-quality teaching in epidemiology, biostatistics, and infectious diseases. Flexible FTE 0.6-1.0. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47728/

😵‍💫 I cannot believe the inconsistency of the #InternationalOlympic Committee, which, instead of promoting The Olympic Games values, allows the presence of unhealthy products that sponsor them, such as #CocaCola 🥵 This image, which is already regrettable, will in the future be as

We don’t often have vacancies in our The Health Foundation policy team and now we have two! 😮 It really is a fantastic place to work with an exciting year ahead in health, care, and public health policy. Closes 28th August. Apply here 👇👇 lde.tbe.taleo.net/lde01/ats/care…

New #SPHR research published in BMJPublicHealth finds association between social position & food delivery preferences in England Steven Cummins Frank de Vocht Amy Yau London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine BristolUniCPH Thomas Burgoine Martin White 💙🇪🇺🇺🇦 Jean Adams sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event…

1/4. Three interesting #healthpolicy and #healthmission stories in The Times and The Sunday Times today. Signs the new govt is ramping up? First, how the missions are shaping up, & mention of Clara Swinson, current DG in Department of Health and Social Care for #publichealth. This could be interesting...

Multinationals such as Danone and Nestlé are profiting from the manufacture of ultra-processed foods while simultaneously investing in products to counter their effects, such as weight-loss drugs and medical food for diabetics. Obesity as a business model. ftm.eu/articles/obesi…

History repeats...tobacco industry invests in UPF corporations (Kraft, General Foods, Bird’s Eye, Nabisco, Oreos), 25 years ago when the science had caught up with them....new threats, new markets....

Thanks so much to Kate Dun Campbell for leading us on this NIHR Three Schools funded review on the commercial determinants of mental ill health in PLOS Global Public Health Commercial Determinants Research Group at LSHTM Global Health Policy Unit May van Schalkwyk Mark Petticrew #CDoH journals.plos.org/globalpubliche… Monika Kosinska gauden