
Yuru Huang
@yuruhuangg
Postdoctoral researcher @MRC_Epid @Cambridge_Uni | @Gates_Cambridge alum | interests: food environment, data science, and good 🍣 🍜 🥯
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17-09-2021 13:05:52
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Excited to share this new paper from the ever-amazing Yuru Huang describing menu healthiness of more than 170k out-of-home food outlets in GB. We found that more deprived areas tend to have more outlets, and that these tend to be less healthy. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…


We have 🔥THREE🔥 new posts within Population Health Innovation Lab to work on projects related to food systems and sustainable diets: 2x posts in process evaluation of food system interventions and 1x post in epidemiology and/or data science. Closing Jan 2024. Come join us! jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancies.aspx…


I passed my PhD viva this Monday! Big thanks to my examiners Michelle Morris and @eleanorwinpenny for such a wonderful conversation, and to my amazing supervisors Jean Adams and Thomas Burgoine for an incredibly positive PhD experience. Just in time for some Christmas celeb 🎉🎊🍾!



Guardian article featuring fabulous work from Yuru Huang - just one of the amazing women I am lucky enough to work with theguardian.com/society/2024/m… #IWD2024 #InternationalWomensDay

Well done Yuru Huang - fab The Guardian coverage and brilliant science!



Online experiments in Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey showed that both #NutriScore and warning labels are mostly accepted and potentially promote healthier food choices, with Nutri-Score producing somewhat larger and more consistent effects osf.io/preprints/psya… via Center for Open Science


The Depth tool categorises population health interventions according to demands placed on individuals’ agency It is used by researchers, policymakers & practitioners The team that developed the tool was led by Prof Jean Adams & included Dr@KateGarrott buff.ly/3xMkVAC


When its raining outside, you just came back from the IMGS conference, and don't want to cook, what would you do? Ordering food online! Jody Hoenink on the interplay between online vs physical food environment.


Attended a fantastic workshop on the health impacts and regulation of the online food environment organised by Thomas Burgoine 🙌 Really enjoyed the presentation from Yuru Huang on mapping the distribution of dark kitchens in the UK. Excited to see the results of the research!


