drsmoore.bsky.social
@drsmoore.bsky.social
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Unlock the Political Economy of Food 🌍
Advance your career!
📚 12-week course: Political Economy of Food
✅ Starts: 19 Jan 2026 | Hybrid (London/Online)
✅ Mondays 4–7pm | Apply by 5 Jan
Learn how politics, economics & power shape our food system.
👉 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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🎓 Curious about a career in #FoodPolicy?
Explore the MSc Food Policy at City St George’s Postgraduate Open Evening.
📍 Clerkenwell Campus
🗓️ Wednesday 5 Nov | ⏰ 16:45–19:00 GMT
🔗 www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
#PostgradStudy @citystgeorges.bsky.social
Postgraduate Open Evening (Clerkenwell Campus) | City St George's, University of London
Join us at our Postgraduate Open Evening to learn more about our postgraduate courses and discover all the benefits of studying at City St George's, University of London.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Tag & share widely to Help shape the future of food research! 🌍🥗
Researchers in food, climate & health. EU, Spain, Poland, France & the Netherlands. We need your insights!
Take our 15-min survey to inform @wellcometrust’s funding strategy:
cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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We reviewed 312 studies on the UK 🇬🇧 food environment. Most focus on availability—less on sustainability & affordability.
More multi-domain research is needed!
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
#FoodEnvironment #PublicHealth #SustainableDiets
Redirecting
doi.org
October 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Please do share your views on the Food research agenda for UK and EU! (voices from outside the EU welcome too!)
Do you research food, food systems or a topic related to food?

TABLE & @foodpolicycitysg.bsky.social in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social, have launched a new survey to learn what you want from food research, what you need from funders, & key topics.

Take the survey here: buff.ly/ROPrwTY
October 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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📢 #FoodThinkers Webinar
🗓️ 22 Oct 2025 | 17:00–18:15 BST
🎙️ Prof. Charlotte Biltekoff (UC Davis)
Processed Food & the Politics of Communication
🔗 Register: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
#FoodPolicy #ProcessedFood #PublicHealth @citystgeorges.bsky.social
Food Thinkers: Processed Food and the Politics of Communication | City St George's, University of London
This Food Thinker’s webinar will focus on the political stakes of food industry campaigns that treat public concerns about processed food as rooted in misinformation.
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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NEW PAPER: Implementation of mandatory calorie labelling in England was associated with a small (9kcal) overall reduction in mean energy content of items on the menus of large chain restaurants.

bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/...

In an analysis of more than 30,000 menu items we found:
Changes in energy content of menu items at out-of-home food outlets in England after calorie labelling policy implementation: a pre–post analysis (2021–2022)
Introduction Eating from out-of-home food outlets (OHFO) is common and linked to poor dietary quality, weight gain and obesity. In response, England implemented mandatory calorie labelling regulations...
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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This looks like it could have been album cover art for a 1990s swing revival band
Double, double,
desiccated vegetables and no trouble

Wellcome Collection
between 1890 and 1899
October 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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It was amazing to have Corinna Hawkes come and share her knowledge with our Masters in Food Policy students, Centre for Food Policy, @citystgeorges.bsky.social . She talked about the @fao.org food systems approach to the big challenges. Some great questions were asked by our students too!
October 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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🎉 Today is the International Day of Food Loss and Waste!
Excited to share 2 ZeroWasteScotland reports on food waste behaviours & meal planning
1) www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/resources/un...
2) www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/resources/us...

#FoodWaste #BehaviourChange #Sustainability #IDFLW
Understanding values and belief changes in relation to food waste behaviours | Zero Waste Scotland
www.zerowastescotland.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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📢 New article alert!

Want to encourage more sustainable diets? Then don’t talk about sustainability. That’s the surprising takeaway from my research.

Read the full article for free here: theimpactmagazine.org/magaz… (page 22-23)
July 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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PFAS, the forever chemicals, are a risk factor for several chronic diseases, such as obesity, liver disease, and diabetes as well as cancers, reproductive harm, and immune system suppression. Shouldn't they be banned and replaced by safe alternatives asap?
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Forever chemicals in household objects linked to type 2 diabetes, scientists warn
PFAS can disrupt metabolism and increase diabetes risk, study finds
www.independent.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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For the good of public health, wood burning is another example of how nice it would be if we had governments with backbones
Map reveals where 'silent killer' wood heater smoke is worst
Wood heaters are estimated to be responsible for more pollution-related deaths than all the cars on our roads. This national map shows which areas are affected the most.
www.abc.net.au
July 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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UK, US, Ethiopia see food price shocks from climate extremes, ‘raising concerns’ for child health eciu.net/media/press-...
UK, US, Ethiopia see food price shocks from climate extremes,…
Foods including potatoes, onions, lettuce, cabbage, fruit and rice hit by extreme weather that exceeded historical precedent, raising inflation and prices for consumers.
eciu.net
July 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Betcha didn't know Wicked was actually a #climatesecurity story. My latest substack explores how Oz's response to the "great drought" parallels what we see in our world from political leaders under strain from extreme weather.
What Wicked Tells Us About the Politics of Extreme Weather
Yes, I mean the musical
open.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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‘Admit research waste to build trust’, urges iconoclastic professor.

John Ioannidis warns of rising levels of fraud and unusable results at #Metascience2025.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
‘Admit research waste to build trust,’ urges iconoclastic professor - Research Professional News
Metascience 2025: John Ioannidis warns of rising levels of fraud and unusable results
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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New research update video from my marine biologist son Rob, who lives on a beautiful island in Fiji doing research into reef conservation.

youtube.com/watch?v=_K78...
Research Update: How to identify which hard corals are best adapted to high temperatures
YouTube video by Drawaqa Marine Conservation Trust
youtube.com
July 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Blog: What did you eat yesterday?🥣🥪🍝🍏🍫

Dr Kath Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition @york.ac.uk, explores the messy science of measuring what we eat ⬇️

fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/what...

@lakenutrition.bsky.social @thenhsa.bsky.social @scottylloyd.bsky.social #FuseBlog
July 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Just 7,000 steps a day cuts health risks, study says. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just 7,000 steps a day cuts risk of health issues - study
Everyone targets 10,000 steps - but a lower tally could reduce the risk of serious health issues like cancer, dementia and heart disease, a study suggests.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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🧪 Science Poem 🖋️

Research published in @agu.org‬ has found that damming water in reservoirs from 1835 to 2011 shifted Earth's spin axis by over half a metre.

Here’s my poetic response and explainer: scienceblog.com/thepoetryofs...

#SciComm 🍎 🐡 #Poetry #TruePolarWander
Tilt
How dam-building has shifted Earth's axis: new research refines our understanding of true polar wander in a human-altered world.
scienceblog.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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PPY-positive gut neuropod cells detect bacterial flagellin through TLR5 signaling to vagal neurons, thereby controlling feeding.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A gut sense for a microbial pattern regulates feeding - Nature
A study reveals a gut–brain sensory pathway through which the microbial component flagellin activates neuropod cells in the colon to signal the brain and reduce feeding in mice.
www.nature.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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#Change is not the enemy. It is the engine of #innovation.
From NASA’s $327M misstep to Microsoft’s cultural reboot, Leading Meaningful Change shows how #communication, psychology & #AI drive real transformation—with toolkits & real case studies.
www.andreafc.com/lmc

#Leadership #ChangeManagement 🧪
July 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Happy birthday to pharmaceutical #chemist Alice Ball (1892-1916) who developed 1st effective treatment for leprosy. 👩🏾‍🔬🧪🐡 #histsci Though her life was cut tragically short, her research saved 1000s from exile & painful, ineffective lifelong treatment for leprosy, & she was a trailblazer for both women
July 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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UK heatwaves led to hosepipe bans across the country. With limited watering opportunities, which garden plants should we prioritise? @thebotanist.bsky.social writes for @theconversation.com:
theconversation.com/hosepipe-ban...
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Hosepipe ban survival guide: which garden plants to save and which to sacrifice
The expert guide to triaging your garden through a water shortage.
theconversation.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM