Manufacturers of ultra-processed junk will use every trick in the book to hoist their harmful product onto children, and governments just shrug their shoulders. Shameful.
theguardian.com/food/2024/may/…

Movement for Good - pls nominate us for a £5K award! health.movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1…

I just nominated FIRST STEPS NUTRITION TRUST movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1…

I just nominated FIRST STEPS NUTRITION TRUST health.movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1…

Let's be committed to not saying 'committed'.

Suicide has not been a crime in the UK since 1961. When we use terms like 'committed suicide', we make the issue more difficult to talk about and prolong the pain for the person's loved ones.

What should you say instead? Read on...

Finally, the weather is getting better 🤩

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

The iCHOOSE study study at Bristol University are exploring how to improve research and bereavement care for neonatal loss. Researchers would particularly like to interview parents from minority ethnic backgrounds to hear about their experiences of care.

Next in our webinar series on developing a breastfeeding strategy, we'll hear from Dr Vicky Sibson
& Rachel Childs from First Steps Nutrition Trust about supporting families with introducing solid foods. 1:30pm 21 March. Book at tinyurl.com/483mwbwp. Helen Gray Dr Lyndsey Hookway Shel Banks

Entire population of Gaza (2.23 million) acutely food-insecure, half of whom expected to face catastrophic conditions in next four months.
In 2024, in front of our eyes.
ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-websit…

Please nominate us for a £1000 award to support us to continue our work enabling eating well from pre-conception to age 5

Deadline March 18th

movementforgood.com/#nominateAChar…

JUST PUBLISHED: UPDATE - a trial exploring the health impact of ultra-processed vs. minimally processed diets meeting UK dietary guidance. 🧵 #UPDATEtrial #healthyeating

Guest webinar to discuss supporting families with introducing solid foods. Dr Vicky Sibson and Rachel Childs from First Steps Nutrition Trust will talk about what to include in your infant feeding strategy. Join us at 1:30pm 21 March tinyurl.com/483mwbwp iHV Faculty of Public Health Prof Amy Brown 🕷🤱🐘

New study in The Lancet Reg Health-Americas from Global Food Research Program at UNC-Chapel Hill & The George Institute for Global Health finds that combining typical nutrient profiling with profiling based on certain additive ingredients works as a practical way to ID ultra-processed + high-fat/salt/sugar foods for regulation.
globalfoodresearchprogram.org/new-study-char…

🥳 As the world marks #InternationalWomensDay we'd like to thank all of our women Food Ambassadors for helping us to drive change in the food system!

In the spirit of #GenderEquality we're also highlighting 5️⃣ key policy areas where we'd like to see change - given they can…

We want children to be eating real food & meet nutrient requirements for growth & development, encouraging children to learn physiologically & socially, appropriate taste preferences. We know kids not eating enough fruit, veg, fibre Dr Vicky Sibson First Steps Nutrition Trust House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee

House of Lords House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee Committee Dr Vicky Sibson Director First Steps Nutrition Trust recommends creating an enabling environment for women to start their pregnancy at a healthy weight & be able to meet their breastfeeding intentions - window of opportunity for obesity prevention

Parents are worried about the impact of junk food & #UPF on their children's health.

Thursday's House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee evidence session with Dr Vicky Sibson Bee Wilson Naomi Duncan Kristin Bash FFPH Georgie Branch & others will be a timely contribution to the debate.

#TheFoodConversation

Great to see Sarah Dyke MP 🔶 share findings from #TheFoodConversation in last week’s Westminster Hall session on obesity – and put citizen voice front & centre of the debate.

Dr Vicky Sibson Bee Wilson Naomi Duncan Kristin Bash FFPH Georgie Branch

More insights👇
ffcc.co.uk/so-what-do-we-…

We are looking for people with a variety of lived and learnt experience to work with us in the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health - take a look below and apply by 11th March! Judith Stephenson Louise J Jackson Beck Taylor Julia Bailey Abimbola Ayorinde Fiona de Londras Co-Production Collective UCL