@FIOFood

Food Insecurity in people living with Obesity – improving sustainable and healthier food choices in the retail FOOD environment

 UK
abdn.ac.uk/fio-food/
Joined July 2022
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The @FIOFood team hosted a powerful event at the Scottish Parliament on tackling dietary inequalities in Scotland. Grateful to our sponsor @RhodaGrant, expert speakers, lived experience voices & attendees for their insights! #foodinsecurity #SPFfoodsystems
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Dr Emma Hunter sharing findings from the FIO Food project and barriers to healthy and sustainable food choices in retail environments. “There was a call for systemic change to help those experiencing food insecurity to make healthy and sustainable choices”. #UKCO2025
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Dr Emma Wilkins discussing preliminary analyses of supermarket transaction data to identify healthy food and beverage swaps, highlighting the importance of considering the lens through which we observe patterns of association. #UKCO2025
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Dr Marta Lonnie discussing some of the challenges of co-designing solutions for obesity and food insecurity and resources to support co-production such as the Synergy project toolkit. #UKCO2025
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Dr Gillian Purdon discussing the food environment in Scotland. “It’s not just the food retail environment - availability, marketing and promotions outside of the home also need to be considered… We need to think about the food system as a whole”. #UKCO2025
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📢 Join us in Aberdeen on 9 Sept for the 7th ASO COMs Meeting. A day of case discussions, practical insights & collaboration across the UK obesity care community. 📍Aberdeen 🕘 09:15–17:00 🔗 Register here: aso.org.uk/events/7th-aso-ce…
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⏳ Just 7 days left to lock in your early bird registration for #UKCO2025! 📍 Aberdeen | 📅 10–11 Sept 🎯 Theme: Understanding Obesity: From Research to Clinical & Public Health Practice 🐦 Don’t miss out - early bird closes 30 June! Register now: aso.org.uk/ukco-2025-registr…
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UKCO Travel Bursaries 🚉 We have up to 8 bursaries of up to £250 available to help support ASO members attend UKCO 2025! Full eligibility criteria and instructions to apply here: forms.office.com/e/pKRsqk5WS… Deadline: Friday 20th June
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UKCO 2025 abstract deadline: 6 May There’s still time to submit - just a few weeks to go! We’re looking for: • Oral presentations • Posters • Rapid fire talks • 3MT entries Share your work at the UK’s leading obesity conference: 👉🏼cconline.eventsair.com/Prese…
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We're pleased to confirm that the deadline for member-led symposia proposals has been extended to midday on Thursday 3rd April 2025. If you would like to help shape the programme, submit your proposal here: buff.ly/dp35b9j
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🚨Submissions and applications closing this month - apply before it's too late! ➡️Grants 🔗bit.ly/3HFav7e ➡️Abstracts 🔗 bit.ly/47IkpjM ➡️Award Applications 🔗bit.ly/3QWQA9R #nutritiongrant #nutritionopportunity #nutritionstudent #nutrition
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📣 Abstract submission for #UKCO2025 is now open! Apply before the 6th May to be considered. As a reminder, if you would like your work to be considered for an award, this must be selected during the abstract submission process. To learn more: buff.ly/kpWC3NZ
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❗ Only two weeks to go to submit your member-led symposium proposal and associated abstracts! ⏲️ Submit your proposal by the 31st March 2025 to be considered. To view the submission guidelines: tinyurl.com/4xw2kkuu To submit your proposal: tinyurl.com/4wtenyhu
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We are thrilled to announce that registration for the UK Congress on Obesity is now open! 🧑‍💼 We are looking forward to welcoming you to Aberdeen for packed 2-day programme full of talks, symposia and networking opportunities #UKCO2025 Link to register: tinyurl.com/ukco2025
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On World Obesity Day the FIO Food team are meeting at University of Leeds to make plans to share our evidence based findings throughout the year
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📢 Save the date! We are delighted to announce that our early career researcher event will return later this year, featuring engaging career progression talks and diverse workshops on transferable skills. To learn more: aso.org.uk/news/save-date-ec…
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Don't miss our next conference - Understanding #undernutrition in later life: Current understanding and advances. 1-2 April, Dundee. Find out more bit.ly/42b1RJa #nutrition #malnutrition #sarcopenia #weightloss #ageingnutrition
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Our call for Member-Led Symposia Proposals for #UKCO2025 is now open! There are 3 easy steps to submitting your proposal as shown below 🧑‍💼👩‍💼 • Full instructions here tinyurl.com/UKCO2025symposiu… • Proposal submission link: tinyurl.com/UKCO2025symposiu… Deadline is 31st March 2025
Instructions for Member-Led Symposia Proposals Step 1: An ASO member convenes a strong team on an important topic in obesity research, clinical and/or public health practice Step 2: The ASO member takes on the role of symposium Chair and submits a symposium outline via the Member-Led Symposium Proposal Portal, including brief details on the background and aims of the session and all speakers names and talk titles Step 3: The Chair ensures all speakers in their symposium proposal submit an oral abstract via the Abstract Submission Portal before the member-led deadline of 31st March 2025

ALT Instructions for Member-Led Symposia Proposals Step 1: An ASO member convenes a strong team on an important topic in obesity research, clinical and/or public health practice Step 2: The ASO member takes on the role of symposium Chair and submits a symposium outline via the Member-Led Symposium Proposal Portal, including brief details on the background and aims of the session and all speakers names and talk titles Step 3: The Chair ensures all speakers in their symposium proposal submit an oral abstract via the Abstract Submission Portal before the member-led deadline of 31st March 2025

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Abstract submission for #UKCO2025 is NOW OPEN! Present your latest research by oral presentation, Rapid Fire presentation (shorter oral presentation), poster presentation or even via the popular 3 Minute Thesis competition! 📢 Link: tinyurl.com/ukco2025abstract
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FIO-FOOD Grant retweeted
FIO-FOOD Grant@FIOFood6 Jan 2025
The #TUKFS Annual Meeting in York provided a fantastic platform to highlight the impacts of the #FIOFood & DIOFood projects during the #ECR session. Thank you to the organisers @FixOurFoodteam for giving us the space to share our experiences as we embark on our academic careers! – at Aberdeen, Scotland
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