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Phillip Baker
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ARC Future Fellow & Horizon Fellow @ School of Public Health @sydneyuni | #foodsystems #governance #ultra-processedfoods #foodpolicy #nutrition #foodpolitics #breastfeeding #globalhealth 🍎 https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=K4HNPhUAAAAJ&hl=en .. more

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Phillip Baker @philbakernz.bsky.social Β· Jan 16
Hot off the press!πŸ”₯Our new @naturefood.bsky.social paper asks how have governments regulated ultra-processed foods?

We find a strong skew towards voluntary & information-based (i.e. weak) measures. There is huge potential to expand scope & strength of regulation πŸ‘‡πŸ§΅

www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Phillip Baker @philbakernz.bsky.social Β· 6d
Please join us! For the launch of the Lancet Series on Ultra-processed Foods and Human Health 🌏

Tickets are SOLD OUT for the London launch event. But some tickets are still available to join us online via Zoom.

πŸ”— Click here to register: uni-sydney.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Reposted by Phillip Baker

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social Β· 20d
How's this for a World Food Day partnership!?

www.nestlehealthscience.us/stories/nest...

Reposted by Christopher Millett, Phillip Baker, The Lancet Diabetes Endocrinology

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The Lancet @thelancet.com Β· 26d
Ultra-processed foods are reshaping global diets, health, & the planet.

Join us for the global launch of a new Series on UPFs & Human Health on 19 Nov. 🌍

Experts will unpack the science, policy, & politics of #UPFs.

Register to attend πŸ‘‰ tinyurl.com/3h2t5mr4
High-angle photography of grocery display in a supermarket. Copyright: Peter Bond on Unsplash.

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Phillip Baker @philbakernz.bsky.social Β· 27d
Excellent paper Rob πŸ™ŒπŸ‘

Reposted by Phillip Baker, MΓ©lissa Mialon

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Rob Ralston @policyrelevant.bsky.social Β· 29d
new article in @reggovjournal.bsky.social that examines how corporations engage in 'venue hopping' as a means to advance agendas in multiple spaces and at multiple levels

This riffs off Baumgartner and Jones' notion of venue shopping, but adapts it for an increasingly multistakeholder world
Corporate Power in a Multistakeholder World: Venue Hopping and the Multilevel Politics of Ultra‐Processed Food
The regulation of business is increasingly characterized by β€œsoft” governance regimes that blur the boundaries of public and private authority, as signaled by the rapid proliferation of multistakehol...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Mark Petticrew, Christopher Millett

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Phillip Baker @philbakernz.bsky.social Β· Oct 9
How did ultra-processed foods come to dominate what much of the world eats–and what can we do about it?

🌍 Join the launch of The Lancet Series on UPFs & Human Health, 19 Nov (London + online)

Experts will unpack the science, policy & politics of UPFs
πŸ”— Register: www.fsp.usp.br/nupens/launc...
Lancet Series on Ultra-processed Foods

Reposted by Phillip Baker

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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social Β· Sep 26
β€œPeople are outraged when they find out just how much big food corporations spend on lobbying government.”

Our CEO @suepritch.bsky.social on today's episode of The Food Programme, sharing what we found from talking to citizens in #TheFoodConversation.

Listen in full πŸ‘‰ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Reposted by James A. Tyner, Phillip Baker, Stephen D. Murphy , and 1 more

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Jennifer Clapp πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social Β· Sep 13
I'm honoured by the invitation from the FAO Right to Food team to present in this upcoming webinar on Unpacking Corporate Power in Agrifood Systems - with insights from my new book Titans of Industrial Agriculture. Sept 24 - 14:00-15:30CET

Link to register: fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Phillip Baker @philbakernz.bsky.social Β· Sep 13
Calling all food governance scholars! Please check out this call for papers for a special issue on rebuilding global food governance. More info below πŸ‘‡

Reposted by Andrew K. Jorgenson, Phillip Baker, Patrick Svensson , and 1 more

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Jennifer Clapp πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social Β· Sep 12
Call for papers! @danielleresnick.bsky.social , @philbakernz.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue in the journal Food Policy on "Rebuilding Global Food Governance amidst a Crisis of Multilateralism" - Papers due Feb.1, 2026. For more info, see link!

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Food Policy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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Phillip Baker @philbakernz.bsky.social Β· Sep 11
Absolutely heart breaking πŸ’” I can only imagine the frustration and pain parents and health workers are experiencing watching their young children starve. Let’s be clear: the weaponisation of food by the Israeli state is a war crime under international law. It’s mass murder and an act of genocide.

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Phillip Baker @philbakernz.bsky.social Β· Sep 11
πŸ”₯ Powerful new report just out from UNICEF - Feeding Profit: How Food Environments are Failing Children.

Exposes rising problem of ultra-processed foods in child food environments, the industry behind it, and what to do about it.

Please absolutely read and share πŸ‘‡

www.unicef.org/reports/feed...
Feeding Profit
How food environments are failing children
www.unicef.org

Reposted by Phillip Baker

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UNICEF Press Office @unicefmedia.bsky.social Β· Sep 11
The percentage of children identified as acutely malnourished in screenings across Gaza increased to 13.5 per cent in August, from 8.3 per cent in July.

www.unicef.org/press-releas...
Devastating rate of child malnutrition in the Gaza Strip in August surpasses July record
After July IPC famine finding in Gaza City, screenings show 1 in 5 children acutely malnourished as the military offensive there escalates
www.unicef.org

Reposted by Mike Daube, Phillip Baker

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Becky Freeman @drbfreeman.bsky.social Β· Aug 12
Vape brands bypass regulations on marketing to young people by using global social media accounts
theconversation.com/vape-brands-...
Vape brands bypass regulations on marketing to young people by using global social media accounts
Vape manufacturers mirror traditional tobacco marketing, including stylish branding, flavours and sponsorships, to reach young people through social media.
theconversation.com

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Phillip Baker @philbakernz.bsky.social Β· Aug 9
Excellent proposal πŸ™Œ
builduprdns.bsky.social Build Up Dietitians @builduprdns.bsky.social Β· Aug 7
πŸ”₯BREAKING!
David Kessler, fomer FDA commissioner,"...has filed a citizen petition w/ the FDA to ban processed refined carbohydrates from the U.S. food supply...
The petition targets β€œrefined carbohydrates used in industrial processing”..."
foodfix.co/former-fda-c...
Former FDA commissioner seeks ban on popular ingredients in ultra-processed foods
David Kessler, who served as FDA commissioner during the H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations, once took on Big Tobacco. Now he’s taking on Big Food.
foodfix.co

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Phillip Baker @philbakernz.bsky.social Β· Aug 8
Hot off the press! πŸ”₯ our new case study on political lobbying by the baby food industry and how it influenced New Zealand governments decision to opt out of regulations intended to protect infant health. Please see below for the full article πŸ‘‡ with congrats to Naomi Hull for her leadership on this!
naomihull.bsky.social Naomi Hull @naomihull.bsky.social Β· Aug 6
🧡1/3 New paper! Profits Before Health? New Zealand Government Rejection of Stricter Infant Formula Marketing Standards and the Lobbying Behind It. Read it here ➑️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@philbakernz.bsky.social @mboatwright.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au

Reposted by Phillip Baker

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Food Fix @foodfixco.bsky.social Β· Aug 7
FoodFix bonus edition: David Kessler, who served as FDA commissioner during the H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations, once took on Big Tobacco. Now he’s taking on Big Food.

foodfix.co/former-fda-c...
Former FDA commissioner seeks ban on popular ingredients in ultra-processed foods
David Kessler, who served as FDA commissioner during the H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations, once took on Big Tobacco. Now he’s taking on Big Food.
foodfix.co

Reposted by Phillip Baker

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Build Up Dietitians @builduprdns.bsky.social Β· Aug 7
πŸ”₯BREAKING!
David Kessler, fomer FDA commissioner,"...has filed a citizen petition w/ the FDA to ban processed refined carbohydrates from the U.S. food supply...
The petition targets β€œrefined carbohydrates used in industrial processing”..."
foodfix.co/former-fda-c...
Former FDA commissioner seeks ban on popular ingredients in ultra-processed foods
David Kessler, who served as FDA commissioner during the H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations, once took on Big Tobacco. Now he’s taking on Big Food.
foodfix.co

Reposted by Phillip Baker

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Naomi Hull @naomihull.bsky.social Β· Aug 6
🧡3/3 This is timely given the current work in Australia to restrict the marketing of infant formula and what the formula industry has to say about it. You can read what they are saying about the matter (publicly) here ➑️ www.accc.gov.au/public-regis... and ➑️ www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...

Reposted by Phillip Baker

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Naomi Hull @naomihull.bsky.social Β· Aug 6
🧡2/3 The NZ govt bowed to lobbying, departing from the revised standard to limit misleading labels on formula tins. Evidence of many meetings between formula execs and NZ ministers. Strong regulation of lobbying needed to safeguard infant health from profit. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Reposted by Phillip Baker

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Naomi Hull @naomihull.bsky.social Β· Aug 6
🧡1/3 New paper! Profits Before Health? New Zealand Government Rejection of Stricter Infant Formula Marketing Standards and the Lobbying Behind It. Read it here ➑️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@philbakernz.bsky.social @mboatwright.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au

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Phillip Baker @philbakernz.bsky.social Β· Jul 21
Timely editorial by @TheLancetEndo highlights need for policies on ultra-processed foods. @carlos-monteiro.bsky.social & me agree, adding that policies targeting ultra-processed diets as a whole are realistic & urgentβ€”especially in regions not yet dominated by them www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Reposted by Phillip Baker

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social Β· Jul 12
Great paper by Dori Patay and colleagues...on getting beyond the clichΓ©s of transformation to show what it will really take!

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

@nature.com @philbakernz.bsky.social

Reposted by Phillip Baker

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social Β· Jul 9
New video 🎬

Modern food systems encourage overconsumption and overproduction.

As citizens, we need to reassess our relationship with food.

Lidia Cabral offers her take on transforming food systems #sustainablefarming @chalkstonefilms.bsky.social

Reposted by Phillip Baker

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Roger Mathisen @mathisenroger.bsky.social Β· Jul 9
NEW PUBLICATION: Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and maternity protection: correlations with commercial milk formula consumption in East Asia and the Pacific. www.frontiersin.org/journals/ped...
Frontiers | Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and maternity protection: correlations with commercial milk formula consumption in East Asia and the Pacifi...
ObjectiveThe rise of commercial milk formulas (CMF) consumption by infants and young children raises concerns about their health, development, and survival. ...
www.frontiersin.org

Reposted by Phillip Baker

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social Β· Jun 24
People working in food systems - those in fields, in factories and in hospitality need to have their labour fairly compensated.

That's the key to transforming food systems for the better says @deewoods.bsky.social β€ͺfrom @landworkersuk.bsky.social β€ͺ and @grancomkitchen.bsky.social

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Phillip Baker @philbakernz.bsky.social Β· Jun 15
More about the Food Equity Centre here: www.ids.ac.uk/programme-an...
Food Equity Centre - Institute of Development Studies
TheΒ Food Equity CentreΒ brings togetherΒ researchers, policy makers,Β practitionersΒ and activistsΒ to collaborateΒ in developing solutions to inequities in food systems.Β It addresses the urgent need for re...
www.ids.ac.uk

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Phillip Baker @philbakernz.bsky.social Β· Jun 15
It was a pleasure to speak with the team from @foodequitycentre.bsky.social at @ids.ac.uk about transforming the global food system. I was visiting to speak about the global health challenge of ultra-processed foods, and we made this short video πŸ‘‡ please check out the wonderful work they are doing
foodequitycentre.bsky.social Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social Β· Jun 11
What would it take to transform the global food system?

For @philbakernz.bsky.social, redistribution of resources to enable more households to access healthy food is the key.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ4q...

What actions do you think are needed? #foodjustice #foodsystems
Transforming food systems: tackling inequality and redistributing resources
YouTube video by Institute of Development Studies
www.youtube.com

Reposted by Phillip Baker

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Food Equity Centre @foodequitycentre.bsky.social Β· Jun 11
What would it take to transform the global food system?

For @philbakernz.bsky.social, redistribution of resources to enable more households to access healthy food is the key.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ4q...

What actions do you think are needed? #foodjustice #foodsystems
Transforming food systems: tackling inequality and redistributing resources
YouTube video by Institute of Development Studies
www.youtube.com

Reposted by Phillip Baker

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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social Β· Jun 6
Kenya's competition authority looked into animal feed market and found:
- 4 vertically integrated firms control over half the market
- Feed prices are up to 40% higher than international markets
- This leads to lower farmer income and higher food prices
www.shambacentre.org/why-competit...
Why competition authorities must address food markets β€” Shamba Centre for Food & Climate
www.shambacentre.org