Our NEW systematic review led by Dr Margarida Bica identified & characterised 42 nutrient profile models developed or used for front-of-pack nutrition labelling worldwide. A helpful resource for researchers & policymakers. @oxpop.bsky.social @oxprimarycare.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Systematic review of nutrient profile models for front-of-pack nutrition labelling - Nature Food

Nutrient profile models (NPMs) underpin front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FOPNL), which can help consumers to make healthier food choices. This systematic review identifies and characterizes existing...

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Diets in the UK are unhealthy and environmentally unsustainable. Prof Mike Rayner, Dr Jessica Renzella and Dr Hannah Forde argue that local authorities could play a significant role in steering UK diets. Read more ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4wqhtE7

Our new paper is out in PLOS Climate! Just 5 English councils have a publicly available climate-friendly food advertising policy, and 23 a procurement policy, varying hugely in scope and specificity. Great work by co-first authors Letitia Sermin-Reed & Mackenzie Fong and the team. bit.ly/4xivlRy

Climate-friendly food advertising and procurement in English local authorities: A systematic scoping review of policy ambition

To meet their climate targets, local governments globally have recently developed food procurement and advertising policies to promote sustainable food systems and influence consumption behaviours. As...

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Diets in the UK are unhealthy and environmentally unsustainable, but Dr Jessica Renzella at the University of Oxford says local government advertising and procurement provide an exciting opportunity to address this, connecting food systems and the climate crisis. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-07...

Can local authorities help tackle the climate crisis & unhealthy diets? 🌏🥑 Drawing on recent @plosclimate.org research, @ox.ac.uk researchers explore how food procurement & advertising policies could achieve both. @hannahforde.bsky.social @jessicarenzella.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social 👇👇

Climate-friendly food procurement and advertising: what are local authorities in England doing?

How can local authorities help create healthier, more sustainable food systems? In this opinion piece, originally posted on the University of Oxford website, researchers draw on new research to examin...

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As a postdoctoral researcher in sustainable food and an @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social Councillor - this could not be more relevant. I'm so proud of my amazing friends and colleagues @jessicarenzella.bsky.social and @hannahforde.bsky.social for their incredible research.

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · last mo.

Diets in the UK are unhealthy and environmentally unsustainable, but Dr Jessica Renzella at the University of Oxford says local government advertising and procurement provide an exciting opportunity to address this, connecting food systems and the climate crisis. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-07...

Idea: policies that do good things instead of bad things

Our team is now a WHO Collaborating Centre for the Promotion of Healthy & Sustainable Diets. Which is pretty cool (well, I think it is anyway).

Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences@oxprimarycare.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Exciting news! The @who.int has designated our Sustainable Healthy Food Group a WHO Collaborating Centre for the Promotion of Healthy & Sustainable Diets 🎉 It'll be led by @jessicarenzella.bsky.social & Prof Mike Rayner from @oxpop.bsky.social, working closely with @petescarbs.bsky.social.

I've got a PhD studentship being advertised on 'Who is shaping healthy and sustainable policies in UK cities?' Stipend + funded UK home fees + training and conference budget. Please share with anyone you think would be interested, or get in touch with me directly! www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Search for Postgraduate Scholarships and Other Funding

Search scholarships and funding for postgraduate study at Newcastle University. Find financial support tailored to your course and eligibility.

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Exciting news! The @who.int has designated our Sustainable Healthy Food Group a WHO Collaborating Centre for the Promotion of Healthy & Sustainable Diets 🎉 It'll be led by @jessicarenzella.bsky.social & Prof Mike Rayner from @oxpop.bsky.social, working closely with @petescarbs.bsky.social.

Department team designated as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Promotion of Healthy and Sustainable Diets

We’re pleased to announce that the World Health Organization (WHO) has designated a new WHO Collaborating Centre for the Promotion of Healthy and Sustainable Diets, recognising the work of the Sustain...

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Annual UK retail sales for ALL milkshakes (most of which don't have enough sugar to be included in new sugar tax): 174 million L. Annual UK retail sales of Red Bull, Coca-Cola and Monster (high sugar, gov considered raising tax levels but didn't): 935 million L.

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Excited to share that our research group is advertising 2 DPhil projects for 2026 entry. We’d love to hear from prospective applicants! shorturl.at/I6SrW *FUNDED* shorturl.at/lh4tB *Successful apps eligible for uni funding* @hannahforde.bsky.social @ashakaur.bsky.social @petescarbs.bsky.social

We ran deliberative forums in Glasgow & Bridlington all about food subsidies & taxes to make healthy & sustainable food more affordable. Read our findings in our latest article! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @oxprimarycare.bsky.social

Public support for food subsidy and tax scenarios to promote healthy and sustainable diets: Evidence from deliberative forums in two UK locations

Governments can utilise fiscal measures, through subsidies and taxes, to promote healthy and environmentally sustainable food choices. Despite their p…

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New @jessicarenzella.bsky.social! Workshops w/Newham residents to identify ways to improve diets “…although the implementation of interventions in different areas may require tailoring, the focus of interventions to tackle the determinants of unhealthy diets could be similar across neighbourhoods.”

Identifying areas for action to create healthier diets in the London Borough of Newham: systems mapping with residents - BMC Public Health

Background Healthy diet is an essential component of good health, yet many areas of the UK struggle with high burdens of diet-related diseases. Efforts to address diet-related diseases in the London B...

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New study led by @jessicarenzella.bsky.social that used online Group Model Building workshops with Newham residents to map areas for action to create healthier diets Full paper here: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Identifying areas for action to create healthier diets in the London Borough of Newham: systems mapping with residents - BMC Public Health

Background Healthy diet is an essential component of good health, yet many areas of the UK struggle with high burdens of diet-related diseases. Efforts to address diet-related diseases in the London B...

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Another new Research Associate post available working on our new UKRI research hub! This post is at Strathclyde with the excellent @profkatsmith.bsky.social and @e-c-hill.bsky.social

Kat Smith@profkatsmith.bsky.social · 2y ago

The other Research Associate post is part of the new UKRI THRIVING Food Futures Hub www.phc.ox.ac.uk/research/res... and has a particularly strong focus on community engagement and on citizens' juries: strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/... Feb 25-Nov 28. 3/3[End]

Out just now, this is now explicit guidance in the National Planning Policy Framework! This will be a huge help for councils wanting to create healthy places, reducing the scope for costly legal challenges from fast food companies. #HealthyPlaceShaping www.gov.uk/government/p...

The CMO's annual report highlights health challenges & opportunities for people living in cities. We need to: ▶️make eating healthily an option for all ▶️⬇️air pollution ▶️address mental health needs ▶️improve access to sexual health services www.gov.uk/government/p...

Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024: health in cities

Professor Whitty’s report outlines a broad range of health opportunities and challenges for city populations, and includes case studies from core cities in England.

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I'm totally delighted about this news. Follow @hannahforde.bsky.social for excellent research on marketing policies for healthy sustainable diets over the next few years.

Hannah Forde@hannahforde.bsky.social · 2y ago

(1/4) I’m delighted to share that I’ve been awarded a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Early Career Award 🌞 Starting in April ’25, I’ll spend five years exploring the development of and public support for healthy and planet-friendly food marketing policies

Want to keep up with the latest on economics, politics, sociology, biodiversity, the environment, and much, much more from the University of Oxford? Check out our starter pack of departments, programmes and research groups from across the Social Sciences Division. go.bsky.app/E2yvAor

UK Food & Health Policy, from @alexrosecharity.bsky.social go.bsky.app/G3WVEHW

hello and welcome to the 1M people that have joined Bluesky in the last week!!!

LEAP (Livestock, Environment and People) conference registration is live! Always a great day with great food. To find out more about all things LEAP visit www.leap.ox.ac.uk/home.

For our next Bradford Hill Seminar Professor Sir Michael Marmot will join us to discuss social justice and health equity. 🗓️When: Wed 28 February, 1 PM (UK) 🌍Online Free registration at events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e84894...

Come and join the teaching team for our MPhil in Population Health Sciences! We're looking for someone with knowledge of epidemiology, biostatistics or infectious disease modelling and experience of programming in R / R Studio. Closing date 15 Jan jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44441/

I was an author on a paper in the BMJ that was retracted recently. We found an error in the original analysis, informed the journal, and then started a long (long) process to correct the scientific record. Here's a link to an excellent blog about that process.

Being part of the self-correction of science - MRC Epidemiology Unit

By Professor Jean Adams It’s a time of year when it’s nice think about the successes of the last twelve months, but sometimes things aren’t easy or straightforward in science, […]

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So many excellent colleagues here in the Sustainable Healthy Food Group moving to Bluesky (inspired by early adopter @petescarbs.bsky.social obvs) - welcome @ashakaur.bsky.social @jessicarenzella.bsky.social @elisabecker.bsky.social 👋 and I'm sure more to follow!