The Food provision, cUlture and Environment in secondary schooLs (FUEL) study. Evaluating the national School Food Standards. Based at @UoB_IAHR @unibirmingham.

Birmingham, England
Joined July 2019
Join us at our EPIC Study event on 20th March: Achieving healthier food policy and practice in secondary schools: What Next? An in person event held in centre of Birmingham For more information & to book your FREE space to the event (spaces are limited): tickettailor.com/events/epic…
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Interested in sharing your thoughts about school food? The EPIC research team would love to hear from you! We are recruiting people interested in influencing future school food policy to take part in our workshops. Please see the advert for more details on how to get involved
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This is quite the argument from Kellogg's, that proportion of sugar in cereal should be calculated after the addition of milk. Jam is mostly eaten on toast, should the sugar content of jam only be considered in context with toast? bbc.co.uk/news/business-6123…
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We're looking to recruit a Research Associate in Behavioural Science to join our team @UniofNewcastle Closing date 1st April #publichealthjobs #researchjobs #researchpolicy jobs.ncl.ac.uk/s/JEKPm8
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Excellent event today discussing the UK #schoolfood system & lessons learnt to support the incredible work of @WFP_UK & @SchoolMeals_. Inspiring call to action speeches from school meals champion @SharonHodgsonMP & chair of @BiteBack2030 @DevSharmaMYP #FoodEducation – at Camden Town, London
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What does it feel like to be bombarded with junk food ads? This sums it up! The next time you're in your nearest town or city, see how many junk food ads you can spot #AdEnough
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Today is #ISMD2022! Feeding our children healthy and nutritious meals in schools is more important now than ever🍽️ #InternationalSchoolMealsDay
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Happy International School Meals Day! Every year over 17 million school children around the world benefit from @WFP school feeding programmes. 🍚🧮✒️#ISMD2022 @SchoolMeals_ @EduCannotWait
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One project aiming to target school food is @ConnectsFood 🍽️ConnectsFood aims to design an implementation intervention to assist schools in developing a whole school food approach Read more about the project ➡️bit.ly/3HZ6MPJ #ISMD2022 #InternationalSchoolMealsDay
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It's #InternationalSchoolMeals Day!😃🍲 Today we're celebrating our fantastic cooks & caterers and the healthy & delicious #SchoolMeals they serve👏 Tag us in your pictures today! @safoodforlife #ISMD2022 Proud of your school meals? Get your FFL Award👇 foodforlife.org.uk/registrat…
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🧵Today’s #LevellingUp White Paper includes a core mission to reduce the gap in healthy life expectancy. This will not happen without reducing obesity, which disproportionately affects the most deprived in our society. – at Epsom, South East
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2021 was another eventful year in the world of children's food. Check out our #2021highlights ✨sustainweb.org/blogs/dec21-c…
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New @BMJ_Open paper by @YuruHuangg et al. finds sugar declined in large UK restaurant chain menus in 2018-2020, though not other nutrients. ⬇️sugar marked in beverages, which authors suggest may reflect Soft Drinks Industry Levy introduction in 2018. dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2…
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📢 Our latest paper (congrats @AmyFinlay16) explores food & drink ads on bus shelters in the UK... it's extensive and often promotes less healthy products using persuasive strategies likely to appeal to young people @LivUniPsyc @LivUniIPH cup.org/3zo5URL
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We are recruiting! We have lots of exciting dietetics posts on NHS jobs and would welcome applicants from those yet to graduate! (1/6)
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5 mentions of #SpillTheBeans in Parliament in one month! 🎉 Shows just how much youth voices were missing from the conversation about school food, and the shared vision to enforce the School Food Standards! Thanks @AndrewSelous @jogideon @Jochurchill_MP for your support 🙏
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Midwives! We need your expertise to guide a national research project to understand how and when digital/remote consultations can support safe, personalised and appropriate maternity care. To be part of our stakeholder group, email [email protected] @MidwivesRCM
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The #HealthyStart scheme is going digital and with that comes a lot of ❓ for users and promoters. Here's a blog summarising everything we know so far ⬇️ sustainweb.org/blogs/dec21-h…
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Around 8% of children have some kind of food allergy. Examples of food allergies include reactions to peanuts, gluten & shellfish. Natasha’s Law (from Oct 21) require food businesses to provide full ingredient lists 7 allergen labelling on foods packaged for sale on the premises.
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