Here's an @economist.com piece about the measures different countries are taking to curtail junk food. Taxes, labeling, ad restrictions, etc. And right in the piece is a chart showing how well it's working. www.economist.com/internationa...
Healthy Eating
by @anotherround.bsky.social
Discover nutritious and delicious ways to elevate your health through mindful eating practices.
Join us Thursday, October 15th, from 11:00-12:00pm for Jaume Amengual's seminar titled "Is Vitamin A Insufficiency A Novel Cardiometabolic Risk Factor?" #seminarseries
📣 We have refreshed our What Good Looks Like publications on infants, children, & young people, & healthy weight. These publications serve as practical resources for #PH leaders across the UK to support practice improvement & inform local decision-making. 👀 Download our resources ➡️ bit.ly/4s4BLm4
🙏 A big thank you to Everyone Health who will be sponsoring our Annual Conference this year. Everyone health provides a range of healthy lifestyle services to partners across the health sector, alongside prevention and treatment services, to improve the health and wellbeing of local communities.
Stronger mental health involves people with lived experience Ahead of #WorldMentalHealthDay, new WHO guide to support countries in shifting away from institutionalized #MentalHealth care models ➡️ person-centred care in the community that respect people’s rights & choices https://bit.ly/4yJjvBc
🍐 We'd like to highlight our range of Eating Well resources, which can be downloaded for FREE on our website. These guides are designed to support eating well from preconception to five years old, using whole, nutritious foods. 🍅 🥦 🥕 🥒 🍎 🥑
At todays Transport, Planning & Health Conference, ADPH President @felly500.bsky.social, explored the changes needed in transport policy to create healthy places, inc shifting from a focus on individual responsibility to system action, & addressing the commercial forces shaping transport decisions.
"Don't die"❓ Grrrrrr...‼️ Sooo frustrating BS from "longevity" influencers like Johnson taken even kinda seriously. This noise legitimizes exploitive, unproven, & harmful strategies (full body MRIs, bunk supplements, etc) & distracts from what really matters... "Longevity" = Wellness Woo 2.0
Feeling stressed? You’re not alone—stress can lead to emotional eating. Try balanced meals, exercise, and mindfulness to regain calm. Seek support when needed. #Stress #MentalHealth #EatRight #StopBullying #EndViolence www.eatright.org/health/welln...
📰 ICYMI – This paper of a study on the texture and nutrient contents of commercial baby foods which we collaborated on with colleagues at the University of Glasgow, was published in August. ➡️
In 2024, 170 million children & adolescents aged 5–19 years were living with obesity. Obesity prevalence in this age group has quadrupled since 1990, rising from 2% to 8%. 🆕 WHO's first global guidelines on child & adolescent obesity bit.ly/4j8TAhm
We're revisiting another paper led by Dr. Lauren Harris from the EAT Lab! Interested in learning more? Read the full paper here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40721825/
🙏 A huge thank you to @nihr.bsky.social who will once again be sponsoring our Annual Conference, which is taking place later this year. NIHR works with a wide range of partners, inc local government & the NHS, to fund, enable & deliver research that aims to improve people's health & wellbeing.