Latest study reveals the potential impact of UK's soft drinks levy on hospital admissions for children's tooth extractions. Is it time for a policy revisit? #SoftDrinksLevy #ChildrensHealth 🦷🥤 Dr Nina Rogers Jean Adams David Conway MRC Epidemiology Unit Cambridge University

The world we live in doesn’t make it easy to be healthy and there is no silver bullet to fixing our broken food system. 1/3

Research found the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, introduced in 2018, led to a reduction in sugar intake in the whole diet, as well as from soft drinks: just-food.com/news/labour-go… via just-food.com

Great interview on BBC Breakfast with Dr Mohit Mandiratta talking about our findings published in JECH_BMJ on reductions in sugar consumption in children and adults ~1 year after the sugar tax was introduced youtube.com/watch?v=dz7mgG…

The summer 2024 issue of our newsletter epigram is out now. Read about... 🥤Sugar intake is falling 🍔Ultra-processed food & UK adolescents 🙋🏽‍Largest ever genetic study of age of puberty 🛠️Depth Tool & individual agency ...and more! buff.ly/4f7lW76

The decision to expand the ULEZ London-wide was a difficult one.  But it was necessary to save lives and to reduce the risk of Londoners developing asthma, dementia and other health issues.  And after only six months, new data shows it’s already working better than expected.

New FOI documents, revealed after a year long transparency battle with DHSC, also show how aggressively food majors have been lobbying against planned restrictions on advertising and buy one get one free deals, designed to cut child obesity. thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/…

(1/6) 🚸London’s ULEZ is changing school commutes! Our new study shows kids aged 6-9 in ULEZ areas are 3x more likely to shift behaviours to walk, bike or take public transport to school than in non-ULEZ zones. 🚶‍♂️🚲 Discover how in our IJBNPA paper tinyurl.com/ykxtmn8b