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Nick Cavill

@nickcavill.bsky.social

Public health guy. Hon Prof @ University of Bath and independent consultant. Into walking, cycling, active travel, complex systems. Saxophonist.

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Nick Cavill @nickcavill.bsky.social · 2y ago

Many congratulations to the amazing @ambervandenakker.bsky.social for winning this well-deserved award. Great to be involved with your research!

Amber van den Akker@ambervandenakker.bsky.social · 2y ago

Feeling very honoured to have received the Ilona Kickbusch Early Career Research. A massive thank you to the panel at @healthpromint.bsky.social @docsamantha.bsky.social and to my co-authors Alice Fabbri, Adam Bertscher, Anna Gilmore, Cecile Knai, @nickcavill.bsky.social and @harryrutter.bsky.social

Nick Cavill @nickcavill.bsky.social · 2y ago

Superb article about planning for people not cars www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The five-minute city: inside Denmark’s revolutionary neighbourhood

While ambitious urban planners try to make 15-minute cities a reality, the Nordhavn district of Copenhagen has gone one better. What’s life like when everything you need is just a stroll away?

theguardian.com

Ben Jane @benjane.bsky.social · 2y ago

So I've had a go at a Starter Pack thing to see if @nanettemutrie.bsky.social and I can find more #physicalactivity friends who have made the jump across. Additional tags welcomed and will add go.bsky.app/DsHNWPf

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Nick Cavill @nickcavill.bsky.social · 2y ago

Anyone who thinks our transport problems will be solved by EVs, consider this horrific ‘concept’. It’s like the brief was ‘maximise the danger to #pedestrians and #cyclists’.

𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙮𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙒𝙒𝙀𝙛𝙖𝙣@bradythewwefan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Jaguar, this is fucking horrendous.

Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you do science, Blue Sky is the place to be. www.science.org/content/arti...

Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky

After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede

science.org

Nick Cavill @nickcavill.bsky.social · 2y ago

Fascinating webinar today by @nestauk.bsky.social explaining their policy intervention modelling to halve #obesity in the UK. Guess what? Restrictions on junk food ads; front of pack labelling; compulsory nutrition info etc etc. Not a voluntary agreement in sight. www.nesta.org.uk/press-releas...

Expert analysis identifies the government interventions needed to halve obesity in five years

It is possible and affordable to halve obesity by the end of the decade if the government implements specific prevention policies, alongside wider access to weight-loss drugs, first-of-its-kind analys...

nesta.org.uk

Bob From Accounts 🚲@bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 2y ago

Rule of thumb for future cycling infrastructure planners: If children can't cycle on it safely, it's not fit for purpose.

Small child cycling confidently on a separated cycle lane

Nick Cavill @nickcavill.bsky.social · 2y ago

bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/... Moving on to the next stage of this project now: follow-up stage in exploring the use of systems mapping in process evaluation. #systems #complexity #physicalactivity

Using systems mapping within the process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial of the ACE active ageing programme in England and Wales

Background System mapping has mainly been used to develop theories and understanding of complex systems; to hypothesise how an intervention might work in a complex system or to inform intervention dev...

bmjpublichealth.bmj.com