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Dr Tamla Evans
@tamlahealthpsyc.bsky.social
Health Psychologist & NIHR postdoc @ MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge 🧠 Cake, travel, fitness & crime doc enthusiast 🌍 #behaviourchange #impsci
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We're hiring intervention facilitators for our national trial of an acceptance-based weight maintenance intervention. Perfect for health coaches/assistant psychs/student dietitians with an interest in weight management. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51082/
April 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
📢 We Are Hiring!! 📢 [Part-time remote working for the University of Cambridge @mrcepid.bsky.social]

We are recruiting Intervention Facilitators for a NIHR-funded trial - perfect for health coaches/assistant psychs/student dietitians with an interest in weight management.

jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51082/
jobs.cam.ac.uk
April 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Excellent to see our programme leader @amyahern.bsky.social presenting on “how to maintain a healthy weight” at the Cambridge Festival last night 👏 Lots of evidence-based, holistic & implementable takeaways for the public💡
April 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Dr @cararuggiero.bsky.social and @drmariespreckley.bsky.social from the @mrcepid.bsky.social, @uniofcam.bsky.social, presented evidence at Westminster yesterday to inform policy at the Cross-Party Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood and sharing details of SPROUT.
March 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Excellent podcast with my brilliant colleague @cararuggiero.bsky.social sharing her inspiring journey into research and how to find your “why”! 👏
This month's The Confidence Interval Podcast guest is Dr @CaraRuggiero.

Cara is a Research Associate, whose focus is Prevention of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders in High Risk Groups.

Cara shares her journey from nutritionist to researcher.

Listen - https://buff.ly/3WzT5R9
January 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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New paper led by the brilliant @tamlahealthpsyc.bsky.social who recently joined our team. Excited for her to apply her health psychology expertise to our research on weight loss maintenance 🤩
January 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Low-cal diet programs are being rolled out internationally to treat obesity & comorbidities. Behavioural support is claimed to be crucial, yet little is known about what BCTs are effective. Our meta-analysis in Obesity Reviews is the 1st to address this ⬇️

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Behavior change techniques in low‐calorie and very low‐calorie diet interventions for weight loss: A systematic review with meta‐analysis
Background There is limited evidence and clinical guidelines on the behavior change support required for low-calorie diet programs. This systematic review aimed to establish the behavior change tech...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM