The @foodfoundation.bsky.social’s #BrokenPlate report shows price gap between healthier and less healthy food is now at its widest level in over a decade. Read the report - buff.ly/rZwUQj9 (1/3)
Jean Adams 🏴🇨🇦
@jeanmadams.bsky.social
Professor of diet and public health at MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge. Munroist, baker, knitter, skier, swimmer. She/her. https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/jean-adams/
#JobVacancy: Are you a confident and efficient administrator? Do you have experience of working with multiple stakeholder groups? Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) is seeking a Project Officer to join its passionate and friendly team. Apply now: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
This is a beautiful essay on how important language is for knowing a place and it's people www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Where Duolingo falls down: how I learned to speak Welsh with my mother
The long read: Once violently defended from extinction, Welsh is still a part of daily life. By learning my family’s language, I hoped to join their conversation
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Excited to be part of the Prevention Research Conference 2026 this week, joining global leaders in #CommercialDeterminantsofHealth, inc. @monikakosinska.bsky.social and Prof. Sharon Friel (Australian National University), and our very own Prof. Anna Gilmore (@uniofbath.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...
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We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate/Assistant Research Professor in quantitative research methods & evidence synthesis to advance work with @jeanmadams.bsky.social on public health interventions to reduce consumption of harmful UPFs. Apply by 18 March 2026 at buff.ly/1Ph9382
We have three great researcher jobs advertised, each for 12m, contributing to our work on generating evidence to inform food system transition. Please share widely. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... @imsepidemiology.bsky.social @jeanmadams.bsky.social @kellyparsons.bsky.social
Research Associate, Food System Change (Fixed Term)
Research Associate, food system change (quantitative research and evidence synthesis) (Post 1, 12 months) Research Associate, food system change (qualitative research and evidence synthesis) (Post 2,
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Best thing about the winter Olympics: Ed and Tim trading metaphors in the snow park. Also how incredibly Scottish the GB curlers look.
Pooh and the gang are delighted to see us all back after the holidays. Well Pooh and Piglet are anyway. Eeyore seems a bit down in the dumps. Tigger is ALWAYS happy.
At Ware Lido they have a knitted mural and it's fabulous.
Landscape scale ecological restoration. When we reduce grazing pressure nature flourishes. Images with permission from National Trust for Scotland
At the Standing Stones of Stenness on the shortest day #Orkney
There are buildings in our part of the world old enough to quite often make me wonder what it was like to live here 100, 200, 500 years ago. We try and get to some sort of carol service each year. For the last 10y its been at our local church.
As the Soft-Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) is extended to cover milkshakes and pre-packaged lattes, it's worth taking a look back at some of the findings from the evaluation of the SDIL undertaken by @martinwhite33.bsky.social and colleagues. studies.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/sdil 🧵(1/4)
Soft Drinks Industry Levy Evaluation
Evaluating whether, how and for whom the Soft Drinks Industry Levy affects on health and the wider change in public, political, societal and industry attitudes.
studies.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 9mo agoUK to extend sugar tax to cover milkshakes and pre-packed lattes
I was down at the car park towards the end of the afternoon today, just as the heavy snow showers faded and the sun broke through just a tad. The soft wintry light was exquisite! 🙂
We are recruiting five Postdoctoral Research Fellows and one Research Partnership Manager for the University of Stirling FORTH2O project paulcairney.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/w...
We are recruiting five Postdoctoral Research Fellows and one Research Partnership Manager for the University of Stirling FORTH2O project
These posts will help to deliver key tasks for the FORTH2O Policy Innovation Partnership at the University of Stirling. For a thorough description of the project and its progress, please see: A ren…
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The health inequalities agenda is "tired and risks having run out of road" - not my words, the words of a senior health policymaker in the Scottish Government. But other SG policymakers told me health inequalities were a "huge priority" - so what's going on? A thread... 1/
If you heard the #BBCRadio4Today report about living conditions in asylum hotels and want to learn more, then come along to our seminar. Dr Claire Thompson will talk about food experiences. 4pm Oxford Martin School (or online), 30th Oct. Register at the link below. @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social
Experiences of food provision in UK ‘asylum hotels’ and the implications for health
Future of Food seminar: Dr Claire Thompson
futureoffood.ox.ac.uk
![A comic from 2022 I think, Halloween week - here's the script:
The scene is a darkened woods, at night. All is depicted in dingy blues and purples. In a lonely moonlit clearing we see a CABIN. its windows are dark, clearly unoccupied. A lone figure runs towards it, from the trees. Closer in on them now - we see they are terrified. The race for the door of the cabin, desperately trying to enter. They rattle the door, frantically. It is locked. They look behind them. We see the darkened, black trees of the woods. In amongst the forest, we see the black silhouette of a figure. It walks closer. Closer still. Closer - and now we see it is holding a chainsaw. It emerges into the light, slowly the shadow lifts from its face. It is wearing a mask. The victim silently screams in a rictus of horror. This can't be happening, no, no, no. Closer, closer now it lifts the chainsaw high above its head as it speaks:
MURDERER:
This murder is brought to you by MeUndies.
VICTIM:
What?
MURDERER:
If you're like me you'd kill for comfortable underwear -
VICTIM:
Sorry -
VICTIM:
Are you...
doing a *podcast*?
MURDERER:
I knoooww...
It's such a cliché
Everybody's got one these days!
VICTIM:
But I thought you were trying to murder me?
MURDERER:
Indeed! I'm a true crime podcaster driven mad by having to change gear between horrific human tragedy and adverts for MeUndies.
MURDERER:
So just tap in offer code I'M BEING MURDERED with your bloodied, trembling hand for 20% off some pants!
MURDERER:
Now, back to the murder-
[he revs up his chainsaw again]
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shamelessly promoting this paper again - open access thanks to @uoe-sps.bsky.social
Rob Ralston@policyrelevant.bsky.social · 10mo agonew article in @reggovjournal.bsky.social that examines how corporations engage in 'venue hopping' as a means to advance agendas in multiple spaces and at multiple levels This riffs off Baumgartner and Jones' notion of venue shopping, but adapts it for an increasingly multistakeholder world
I dunno, but maybe if you check my availability for a thing, confirm, then 2 days before the thing let me know I need to arrive 15mins early, you didn't really check my availability?
Today's theft from the Louvre ( art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/10/jewe...) is making me think about my favorite series of museum heists. Buckle up for a 🧵 on priceless porcelains, the Dead Zoo Gang, a Pekinese named Looty, and the unsolved mystery of who's stealing Chinese art from European museums.
Jewel Heist at the Musée du Louvre
"A blog about art crimes, illicit trafficking, forgery, art theft and cultural heritage protection."
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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
Sustainability or Spin? The prevalence, impact, and regulation of 'Green claims' on foods in the UK
phc.ox.ac.uk
(1/4) Despite the introduction of calorie labelling regulations in England in 2022, researchers from the @mrcepid.bsky.social, @cam.ac.uk, have found only a 2% reduction in the energy content of food available at chain restaurants. Read – buff.ly/py0yIZQ
NEW PAPER: Implementation of mandatory calorie labelling in England was associated with a small (9kcal) overall reduction in mean energy content of items on the menus of large chain restaurants. bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/... In an analysis of more than 30,000 menu items we found:
Changes in energy content of menu items at out-of-home food outlets in England after calorie labelling policy implementation: a pre–post analysis (2021–2022)
Introduction Eating from out-of-home food outlets (OHFO) is common and linked to poor dietary quality, weight gain and obesity. In response, England implemented mandatory calorie labelling regulations...
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com
On enshitification www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
theguardian.com
Fantastic evening at @oxmartinschool.bsky.social last night with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social giving a talk on "The Calculus of Calories". Really great, nuanced and evidence-based approach to why it it so hard to lose weight, the obesogenic environment and UPFs. Video below in case you missed it!
'The calculus of calories: food environments and body weight regulation' with Dr Kevin Hall
YouTube video by Oxford Martin School
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I’m convinced this is how a bay leaf would talk
![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian, here's the script:
[Scene is the inside of a SOUP. Some CARROTS and BITS OF BROCCOLI are floating around and a STOCK CUBE and a BAY LEAF have just been dropped in.]
1
STOCK CUBE:
Alright lads - this is Bay Leaf.
My colleague from the spice rack.
2
BROCCOLI:
Hi Bay Leaf
BAY LEAF:
Yuh yuh hi
3
CARROTS:
You up for getting proper blended with us later, Bay Leaf?
BAY LEAF:
Nuh mate, getting scooped out before soup stage.
4
CARROTS:
Oh! So… you’re not being eaten then?
BAY LEAF:
Eaten! Haha
5
BAY LEAF:
Not allowed mate.
I’m afraid I’m a lil’ bit *toooo intense*...
6
BAY LEAF:
Just here for the flavour hit.
Special forces, y’know.
That’s why there’s just one of me.
7
BAY LEAF:
Over-deploy and you’d have this whole soup stiiinking of bay leaf…
8
BAY LEAF:
You might wanna stand back actually.
This place is about to get preeetty bay leafy...
9
[Silent pause]
10
CARROTS:
Are you doing something
BAY LEAF:
Sure am mate.
11
BAY LEAF:
Suuuuure am.
12
BAY LEAF [Getting scooped out by chef’s spoon]:
You need training to perceive it.
CARROTS:
OK](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibguu2d74i7v7yrkx2z5vsiluhrnkp2uayri2gmcm4gpl4d3dvlgq)