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Prof Amelia Lake
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Dietitian & Public Health Nutritionist at Teesside University.
Deputy Director for Fuse https://fuse.ac.uk/
Researching Food Inequalities & Insecurity, Food Environments, Energy Drinks.
https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/persons/amelia-lake
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Prof Amelia Lake @lakenutrition.bsky.social · Sep 3
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In 2016, we began our @fuseonline.bsky.social research into the consumption of energy drinks by children, and their damaging health effects.

Now, that research has helped influence an impending government ban on the sale of energy drinks to under 16s.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Energy drinks to be banned for under-16s in England
Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said he was acting on concerns for children's health.
www.bbc.co.uk
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pubhealthjobsuk.bsky.social
Digital Marketing Officer - Public Health
Darlington Borough Council
Darlington
£35,412 - £38,220
Closes 14/12

www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/_/287847
Digital Marketing Officer - Darlington Borough Council - North East Jobs
Digital Marketing Officer - Darlington Borough Council - North East Jobs
www.northeastjobs.org.uk
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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pubhealthjobsuk.bsky.social
Anchor Institution Co-ordinator - Public Health
Public Health South Tees (employed by Middlesbrough Council)
Middlesbrough
£39,152 - £40,777
Closes 16/12

middlesbrough.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
December 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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pubhealthjobsuk.bsky.social
System Change Lead – Work, Health and Skills
Sunderland City Council
Sunderland - working across the North East and North Cumbria
£60,244 - £64,869
Closes 07/12

www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/System_C...
System Change Lead – Work, Health and Skills - Sunderland City Council - North East Jobs
System Change Lead – Work, Health and Skills - Sunderland City Council - North East Jobs
www.northeastjobs.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Women of the North were in force at the @nutritionorguk.bsky.social annual conference

I presented alongside Prof @mariabryant.bsky.social & Prof @livinghealthy007.bsky.social
covering the Born in Bradford research (Maria), food environments (me) & the incredible work on holiday hunger (Greta).
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Reposted by Prof Amelia Lake
nutritionorguk.bsky.social
🌍 The Food Environment
@lakenutrition.bsky.social Prof Amelia Lake unpacked how today’s food environments influence behaviour-from “dark kitchens” to household food insecurity and its impact on diet-related health.
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Prof @mariabryant.bsky.social presenting @bibresearch.bsky.social at the @nutritionorguk.bsky.social research day in London.
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Excited to be at @nutritionorguk.bsky.social conference in London today with some incredible colleagues
Looking forward to presenting our research later!
#AnnualConference25
#NourshingTomorrow
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
lakenutrition.bsky.social
🚨 Excited to be part of the organising team for the Nutrition Society Congress 2026!
📍 Join us in Newcastle, 21–24 July, for cutting-edge science, collaboration & innovation in nutrition.
🧠 Abstracts now open
🔗 nutritionsociety.org/events/nutrition-society-congress-2026
@nutritionsociety.bsky.social
Nutrition Society Congress 2026 | The Nutrition Society
nutritionsociety.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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fuseonline.bsky.social
In this blog, the researchers share what the children told them - they aren’t passive consumers: they get marketing, branding & peer pressure, yet energy drinks remain part of their culture. Stronger policy, better education & youth input are key. ⬇️

fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/bran...
Brand to ban: What young people really think about energy drinks
Our warts-and-all account of what it's like to do public health research.
fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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fuseonline.bsky.social
New Fuse research @teessideuni.bsky.social reveals a concerning picture of how children in North East England perceive energy drinks. Over 80% of the 13–14-year-olds surveyed consume them - many several times a week - despite health risks and voluntary sales bans. ⬇️

fuse.ac.uk/news/fuseres...
Photo: 'black soda can' by thom masat on Unsplash (with modifications): https://unsplash.com/photos/black-soda-can-GlGolKDj_Xw?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
lakenutrition.bsky.social
Our latest paper explores a question that’s been quietly brewing in school corridors, corner shops, and online spaces: What do energy drinks mean to young people?
In this study, we listened to the voices of children & young people in North East England—hearing not just what they consume, but why.
November 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
lakenutrition.bsky.social
Happy Monday morning

Our @teessideuni.bsky.social #dietitianstobe have a lecture on #FoodInsecurity this morning

We have #faresharenortheast Joe Dunne talking about #surplusfood

Bringing the real world into our classroom and talking about alternative food systems & sustainability issues
October 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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fuseonline.bsky.social
Blog: On #WorldMentalHealthDay, we’re highlighting the impact of #GamblingHarms. Nearly 5% of adults in the North East are at elevated risk - the highest in England - facing serious #mentalhealth challenges, financial strain & stigma 🔽

fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/chan...

#WMHD25 #WMHD
Changing the narrative on gambling harms in the North East
Our warts-and-all account of what it's like to do public health research.
fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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For our Nutrition North report, a team from @liverpooluni.bsky.social, @newcastleuni.bsky.social, @teessideuni.bsky.social, Middlesbrough Council, @redcarclevelandbc.bsky.social, & @menvcity.bsky.social analysed food and beverage bus shelter advertising in Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland  1/2
October 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
lakenutrition.bsky.social
🧵Today is #PartTimeWorks day!

I have been quite vocal in talking about my role as a Research Professor in a University being #PartTime because I believe #PartTimeWorks – in all kinds of jobs, at all levels.

I have been working part-time since my son was born in 2012.
@timewise.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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fuseonline.bsky.social
🐇 When it comes to food delivery, the hare isn’t napping - dark kitchens & online platforms are sprinting ahead while regulation lags behind. Can the tortoise 🐢 catch up? Blog by @helenjmoore.bsky.social on planning for a healthier food environment ⬇️

fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/this...
This time the hare might win: dark kitchens and the regulatory race
Our warts-and-all account of what it's like to do public health research.
fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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adphuk.bsky.social
By thinking we have a treatment for obesity we lose focus and stop thinking about the more difficult issues around the food industry and regulation, which are the root cause of this." @felly500.bsky.social , ADPH President
How weight-loss injections are making obesity a wealth issue
With claims of a 'two-tier system', could it be that these drugs are exacerbating health inequalities?
www.bbc.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
lakenutrition.bsky.social
*Planning for a healthier food environment*

🍏Brilliant to host a Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health webinar about our FutureLearn training we developed with OHID colleagues

💻 Lots of people & lots of questions!

fuse.ac.uk/news/newonli...
September 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Our very own project … presented by our project partner Joe Dunne from #FareShare NorthEast

Our @nihrsphr.bsky.social
project is called ‘Healthy Food Shouldn’t cost the earth’ - which we strongly believe 🌍

Read more here👇🏼

sphr.nihr.ac.uk/research/hea...
September 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
lakenutrition.bsky.social
Dr @franhillierb.bsky.social presenting our new @nihrsphr.bsky.social research around #localauthority sponsorship activities (think a certain lorry at Christmas 🎄🎅🏼)
Read more here 👇🏼

sphr.nihr.ac.uk/research/und...

@fuseonline.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
lakenutrition.bsky.social
Enjoying the interactive session with @nihrsphr.bsky.social #HealthyPlacesHealthyPlanet research theme in London

Brilliant to meet so many colleagues from across the school in person!

@fuseonline.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Reposted by Prof Amelia Lake
felly500.bsky.social
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

Turns out that social media influencer promotion of food affects children’s food intake

Influencer marketing of unhealthy foods increased children’s immediate food intake

Who'd have thought
Social Media Influencer Marketing and Children’s Food Intake: A Randomized Trial
In this study, we examine the impact of influencer marketing of foods (healthy and unhealthy), via popular YouTube vloggers on social media, on children’s food intake.
publications.aap.org
September 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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👓👇 #Diet #Health
foodfoundation.bsky.social The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · Sep 17
🚨BREAKING NEWS: Shocking health and diet disparities revealed today🚨

🆕Our brand new Health and Diet Inequalities Dashboard makes it clear that the most deprived areas of the country also have the highest rates of disease related to poor diet.

🔍Explore now ➡️ bit.ly/inequalities...
September 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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fuseonline.bsky.social
Food choices aren’t just personal - they’re shaped by policy, ads, tech & inequality. Everyone deserves a food environment that supports health & dignity.

Read @helenjmoore.bsky.social's #fuseblog after speaking at the #RightToFoodUK Conference ⬇️

fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/not-...
Fuse Associate Helen Moore from Teesside University was invited to present at the Right To Food UK Conference 2025 (pictured third from the left on the panel of speakers). Graphic from the Hungry for Change: Tackling Obesity and Food Insecurity in the North of England report by the Child of the North All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG).
September 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
lakenutrition.bsky.social
🧵
In 2016, we began our @fuseonline.bsky.social research into the consumption of energy drinks by children, and their damaging health effects.

Now, that research has helped influence an impending government ban on the sale of energy drinks to under 16s.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Energy drinks to be banned for under-16s in England
Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said he was acting on concerns for children's health.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM