@beckynutrition.bsky.social
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The billionaire press barons must be having a right laugh…
Here we are distracted & arguing over asylum seekers (0.2% of the population)
Meanwhile, billionaires (just 0.0002% of the population) hoard more wealth than half the UK
Immigration isn’t draining us
Inequality is.
Here we are distracted & arguing over asylum seekers (0.2% of the population)
Meanwhile, billionaires (just 0.0002% of the population) hoard more wealth than half the UK
Immigration isn’t draining us
Inequality is.
August 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The billionaire press barons must be having a right laugh…
Here we are distracted & arguing over asylum seekers (0.2% of the population)
Meanwhile, billionaires (just 0.0002% of the population) hoard more wealth than half the UK
Immigration isn’t draining us
Inequality is.
Here we are distracted & arguing over asylum seekers (0.2% of the population)
Meanwhile, billionaires (just 0.0002% of the population) hoard more wealth than half the UK
Immigration isn’t draining us
Inequality is.
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The proposal that your unhappiness can be cured by blaming a minority and treating them cruelly is made afresh to each new generation. It has never worked but that never seems to stop people falling for it.
May 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The proposal that your unhappiness can be cured by blaming a minority and treating them cruelly is made afresh to each new generation. It has never worked but that never seems to stop people falling for it.
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NEW FOOD POLICY RESOURCE ALERT: We're excited to share our latest visual resource: Best Practices for Adopting and Implementing a Nutrient Profile Model—a clear, concise snapshot of what matters most when developing this critical policy tool. Learn more: assets.advocacyincubator.org/uploads/2025...
May 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
NEW FOOD POLICY RESOURCE ALERT: We're excited to share our latest visual resource: Best Practices for Adopting and Implementing a Nutrient Profile Model—a clear, concise snapshot of what matters most when developing this critical policy tool. Learn more: assets.advocacyincubator.org/uploads/2025...
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“Oxfam’s latest inequality report showed that the total wealth of UK billionaires increased by £35mn per day in 2024. Increasing taxes on the super-rich through a modest wealth tax could generate an estimated £24bn a year.”
Labour’s disability benefit cuts betray the vulnerable—fairer alternatives exist
Labour's £5bn disability benefit cuts hurt the most vulnerable. Fairer options, like a wealth tax, could fund support without harm
northeastbylines.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“Oxfam’s latest inequality report showed that the total wealth of UK billionaires increased by £35mn per day in 2024. Increasing taxes on the super-rich through a modest wealth tax could generate an estimated £24bn a year.”
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🥔 We joined the global celebration marking this year's #WorldPulsesDay
That's because they're a healthy and sustainable source of protein and can be an affordable way of ensuring your diet stays nutritious.
Read more: ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bvwasub
#LovePulses
That's because they're a healthy and sustainable source of protein and can be an affordable way of ensuring your diet stays nutritious.
Read more: ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bvwasub
#LovePulses
February 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🥔 We joined the global celebration marking this year's #WorldPulsesDay
That's because they're a healthy and sustainable source of protein and can be an affordable way of ensuring your diet stays nutritious.
Read more: ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bvwasub
#LovePulses
That's because they're a healthy and sustainable source of protein and can be an affordable way of ensuring your diet stays nutritious.
Read more: ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bvwasub
#LovePulses
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Can the humble bean help save the world?
Happy #WorldPulsesDay! It's a good day to check out our video collaboration with BBC Ideas & @socsci.ox.ac.uk which highlights just how beans might help solve our interconnected climate and food systems challenges.
Watch: tabledebates.org/essay/table-...
Happy #WorldPulsesDay! It's a good day to check out our video collaboration with BBC Ideas & @socsci.ox.ac.uk which highlights just how beans might help solve our interconnected climate and food systems challenges.
Watch: tabledebates.org/essay/table-...
February 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Can the humble bean help save the world?
Happy #WorldPulsesDay! It's a good day to check out our video collaboration with BBC Ideas & @socsci.ox.ac.uk which highlights just how beans might help solve our interconnected climate and food systems challenges.
Watch: tabledebates.org/essay/table-...
Happy #WorldPulsesDay! It's a good day to check out our video collaboration with BBC Ideas & @socsci.ox.ac.uk which highlights just how beans might help solve our interconnected climate and food systems challenges.
Watch: tabledebates.org/essay/table-...
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Important new @local.gov.uk report on progress by councils in tackling health inequalities by addressing the social determinants of health through the ‘Marmot Eight’ principles, featuring Marmot Place case studies & underlines need for national leadership
February 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Important new @local.gov.uk report on progress by councils in tackling health inequalities by addressing the social determinants of health through the ‘Marmot Eight’ principles, featuring Marmot Place case studies & underlines need for national leadership
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What a chart. Source: energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/02/03/s...
An acre of land can power a car to go 13,000 miles per year using biofuel (corn ethanol), or 900,000 miles per year using solar.
February 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
What a chart. Source: energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/02/03/s...
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🥔 The latest Beans is How annual report came out today!
Together, 120+ coalition partners are transforming food systems, championing sustainability, and nourishing communities through the power of beans.
Read more: lnkd.in/d4Wg_HFf
@sdg2advocacyhub.bsky.social #BeansisHow #BeansOnTheMenu
Together, 120+ coalition partners are transforming food systems, championing sustainability, and nourishing communities through the power of beans.
Read more: lnkd.in/d4Wg_HFf
@sdg2advocacyhub.bsky.social #BeansisHow #BeansOnTheMenu
January 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🥔 The latest Beans is How annual report came out today!
Together, 120+ coalition partners are transforming food systems, championing sustainability, and nourishing communities through the power of beans.
Read more: lnkd.in/d4Wg_HFf
@sdg2advocacyhub.bsky.social #BeansisHow #BeansOnTheMenu
Together, 120+ coalition partners are transforming food systems, championing sustainability, and nourishing communities through the power of beans.
Read more: lnkd.in/d4Wg_HFf
@sdg2advocacyhub.bsky.social #BeansisHow #BeansOnTheMenu
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🆕 Gov’t has responded to the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity report
✍ They acknowledge reducing obesity 'will require reshaping the food environment that has caused the rise in obesity.'
😪 Unacceptably, the response fails to accept any of the new recommendations
www.gov.uk/government/p...
✍ They acknowledge reducing obesity 'will require reshaping the food environment that has caused the rise in obesity.'
😪 Unacceptably, the response fails to accept any of the new recommendations
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Government response to the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee’s report 'Recipe for health: a plan to fix our broken food system'
www.gov.uk
January 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🆕 Gov’t has responded to the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity report
✍ They acknowledge reducing obesity 'will require reshaping the food environment that has caused the rise in obesity.'
😪 Unacceptably, the response fails to accept any of the new recommendations
www.gov.uk/government/p...
✍ They acknowledge reducing obesity 'will require reshaping the food environment that has caused the rise in obesity.'
😪 Unacceptably, the response fails to accept any of the new recommendations
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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We share the disappointment of many campaigners that debate around #CANBill has been rescheduled for 11 July.
This Bill is vital for making UK climate & environment targets legal binding. Write to your MP & ensure it's given priority: www.parliament.uk/.../contact-... #ClimateAndNatureBill
This Bill is vital for making UK climate & environment targets legal binding. Write to your MP & ensure it's given priority: www.parliament.uk/.../contact-... #ClimateAndNatureBill
January 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We share the disappointment of many campaigners that debate around #CANBill has been rescheduled for 11 July.
This Bill is vital for making UK climate & environment targets legal binding. Write to your MP & ensure it's given priority: www.parliament.uk/.../contact-... #ClimateAndNatureBill
This Bill is vital for making UK climate & environment targets legal binding. Write to your MP & ensure it's given priority: www.parliament.uk/.../contact-... #ClimateAndNatureBill
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“While our system is stunningly efficient at producing cheap milk, meat and eggs, it also has a well-documented relationship to serious public & planetary health issues." - @keevenachman.bsky.social #CLFExpert clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/s...
Sorry, but we need a transformation of agriculture
CLF researchers push back on a guest essay by Michael Grunwald.
clf.jhsph.edu
January 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“While our system is stunningly efficient at producing cheap milk, meat and eggs, it also has a well-documented relationship to serious public & planetary health issues." - @keevenachman.bsky.social #CLFExpert clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/s...
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With a new government food strategy imminent 2025 could be a breakthrough year for the #RecipeForChange campaign!
We explore how to incentivise a healthier food industry with Lord Bethell, Adam Briggs, Antony Yousefian, Alison Tedstone and @hannahbrins.bsky.social
🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/40t6xHK
We explore how to incentivise a healthier food industry with Lord Bethell, Adam Briggs, Antony Yousefian, Alison Tedstone and @hannahbrins.bsky.social
🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/40t6xHK
January 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
With a new government food strategy imminent 2025 could be a breakthrough year for the #RecipeForChange campaign!
We explore how to incentivise a healthier food industry with Lord Bethell, Adam Briggs, Antony Yousefian, Alison Tedstone and @hannahbrins.bsky.social
🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/40t6xHK
We explore how to incentivise a healthier food industry with Lord Bethell, Adam Briggs, Antony Yousefian, Alison Tedstone and @hannahbrins.bsky.social
🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/40t6xHK
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📣New Paper:19 months after the UK soft drinks industry levy (SDIL; sugar tax) was enforced we find a 7.5g weekly household sugar reduction from soft drinks. Weekly sugar reductions were highest in houses with lowest incomes(70g/week) / with children(56g/week).
📄: nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...
📄: nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...
Changes in household purchasing of soft drinks following the UK soft drinks industry levy by household income and composition: controlled interrupted time series analysis, March 2014 to November 2019
Background The WHO recommends taxes on sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) to improve population health. We examined changes in volume of and amount of sugar in purchases of soft drinks according to hous...
nutrition.bmj.com
January 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
📣New Paper:19 months after the UK soft drinks industry levy (SDIL; sugar tax) was enforced we find a 7.5g weekly household sugar reduction from soft drinks. Weekly sugar reductions were highest in houses with lowest incomes(70g/week) / with children(56g/week).
📄: nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...
📄: nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Another cohort study with European participants (exceptionally well-conducted) confirms the association between the UPF dietary share and several mortality outcomes after controlling for potential confounders, including adherence to the Mediterranean Diet
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
January 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Another cohort study with European participants (exceptionally well-conducted) confirms the association between the UPF dietary share and several mortality outcomes after controlling for potential confounders, including adherence to the Mediterranean Diet
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Hot off the press!🔥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 👇🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
We find a strong skew towards voluntary & information-based (i.e. weak) measures. There is huge potential to expand scope & strength of regulation 👇🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
January 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Hot off the press!🔥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 👇🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
We find a strong skew towards voluntary & information-based (i.e. weak) measures. There is huge potential to expand scope & strength of regulation 👇🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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'Our food environment makes it very hard to eat well, particularly if you have little money' - our Executive Director Anna Taylor speaking at today's Oxford Farming Conference.
She highlighted the higher costs of healthy foods & the fact a quarter of places to buy food are fast food outlets.
#OFC25
She highlighted the higher costs of healthy foods & the fact a quarter of places to buy food are fast food outlets.
#OFC25
January 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
'Our food environment makes it very hard to eat well, particularly if you have little money' - our Executive Director Anna Taylor speaking at today's Oxford Farming Conference.
She highlighted the higher costs of healthy foods & the fact a quarter of places to buy food are fast food outlets.
#OFC25
She highlighted the higher costs of healthy foods & the fact a quarter of places to buy food are fast food outlets.
#OFC25
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New study finds that frequent use of AI tools encourages offloading cognitive tasks and reduces critical thinking. Higher AI usage correlated with lower critical thinking skills, especially in younger users.
www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...
www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...
AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking
The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has transformed numerous aspects of daily life, yet its impact on critical thinking remains underexplored. This study investigates the relations...
www.mdpi.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New study finds that frequent use of AI tools encourages offloading cognitive tasks and reduces critical thinking. Higher AI usage correlated with lower critical thinking skills, especially in younger users.
www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...
www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...
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It’s becoming clear that as ultra-processed foods dominate our food environment, they’re also causing harm to health and the environment. This Friday, FFCC’s Food Futures Lead Mhairi Brown is speaking at the Oxford Real Farming Conference on the agroecological solutions to the challenges of UPFs.
January 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It’s becoming clear that as ultra-processed foods dominate our food environment, they’re also causing harm to health and the environment. This Friday, FFCC’s Food Futures Lead Mhairi Brown is speaking at the Oxford Real Farming Conference on the agroecological solutions to the challenges of UPFs.
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'Research by veganuary suggests that over 80% of participants maintain large reductions in meat consumption, reducing their intake to half or even more, after six months.'
Researchers reveal the long-term impact of people taking part in #Veganuary ⬇️
theconversation.com/does-taking-...
Researchers reveal the long-term impact of people taking part in #Veganuary ⬇️
theconversation.com/does-taking-...
Does taking part in Veganuary put people off meat in the long term? Here’s what the evidence shows
In 2024, 25 million people gave up meat for Veganuary. For many, it was a lasting change.
theconversation.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
'Research by veganuary suggests that over 80% of participants maintain large reductions in meat consumption, reducing their intake to half or even more, after six months.'
Researchers reveal the long-term impact of people taking part in #Veganuary ⬇️
theconversation.com/does-taking-...
Researchers reveal the long-term impact of people taking part in #Veganuary ⬇️
theconversation.com/does-taking-...
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Good to hear MPs are planning to lobby the government to extend access to Free School Meals.
There is support among Labour MPs, says this report in the Daily Mirror 👇
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
#FreeSchoolMeals #ChildrensWellbeingBill #autoenrolment
There is support among Labour MPs, says this report in the Daily Mirror 👇
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
#FreeSchoolMeals #ChildrensWellbeingBill #autoenrolment
MPs press Keir Starmer over free school meals as 900,000 needy kids miss out
The Government will face a bid to amend a major new bill on schools so more children get access to free school meals as pressure mounts on Keir Starmer to change the rules
www.mirror.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Good to hear MPs are planning to lobby the government to extend access to Free School Meals.
There is support among Labour MPs, says this report in the Daily Mirror 👇
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
#FreeSchoolMeals #ChildrensWellbeingBill #autoenrolment
There is support among Labour MPs, says this report in the Daily Mirror 👇
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
#FreeSchoolMeals #ChildrensWellbeingBill #autoenrolment
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UK food sales to EU slump by a fifth after Brexit: 'a stunning decline'
And particularly serious as sales to EU make up 57% of all UK food exports
Will all those who told lies about the impacts of Brexit please apologize and leave public life immediately
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
And particularly serious as sales to EU make up 57% of all UK food exports
Will all those who told lies about the impacts of Brexit please apologize and leave public life immediately
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
UK food sales to EU slump by a fifth after Brexit, minister reveals
Exclusive: Food sales to the EU have crashed by a fifth since Brexit, a minister has revealed, as Sir Keir Starmer faces mounting pressure to slash red tape for UK firms selling in Europe
www.independent.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
UK food sales to EU slump by a fifth after Brexit: 'a stunning decline'
And particularly serious as sales to EU make up 57% of all UK food exports
Will all those who told lies about the impacts of Brexit please apologize and leave public life immediately
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
And particularly serious as sales to EU make up 57% of all UK food exports
Will all those who told lies about the impacts of Brexit please apologize and leave public life immediately
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
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Under the tories child poverty increased to 29% and absolute child poverty to 25%, the highest since 1981. But please, Kemi Badenoch, do keep trying to convince us that you care deeply about the safety and wellbeing of kids. It’s super convincing.
January 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Under the tories child poverty increased to 29% and absolute child poverty to 25%, the highest since 1981. But please, Kemi Badenoch, do keep trying to convince us that you care deeply about the safety and wellbeing of kids. It’s super convincing.