Ada Garcia
@dradagarcia.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
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We are so excited to share the launch of the first community food market hosted by The Courtyard Pantry. Our research team had the pleasure of meeting the organisers, the volunteers and members of the local community this who have worked hard to bring this project to life. #doinggoodthroughfood
September 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We are so excited to share the launch of the first community food market hosted by The Courtyard Pantry. Our research team had the pleasure of meeting the organisers, the volunteers and members of the local community this who have worked hard to bring this project to life. #doinggoodthroughfood
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This work also links to our #MVLS2033 #HealthInequality theme, which focuses on tackling the root cause of health gaps and improving wellbeing for all.
Explore this theme www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl... 💜
Explore this theme www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl... 💜
University of Glasgow - Colleges - College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences - MVLS 2033 - College Futures - Health Inequalities
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August 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This work also links to our #MVLS2033 #HealthInequality theme, which focuses on tackling the root cause of health gaps and improving wellbeing for all.
Explore this theme www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl... 💜
Explore this theme www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl... 💜
Looking forward to the next 3 years of our @ukri.org funded project on Community Food Markets @uofglasgow.bsky.social with several research partners @scafarc.bsky.social
✅ Assess whether this approach could be used in other areas
📖 Find out more about the project: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
📖 Find out more about the project: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Research partnership to tackle dietary inequalities in Glasgow
Researchers, local government and food organisations are coming together to tackle poor diet and ill health in some of the most deprived areas in Glasgow
www.gla.ac.uk
August 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Looking forward to the next 3 years of our @ukri.org funded project on Community Food Markets @uofglasgow.bsky.social with several research partners @scafarc.bsky.social
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✅ Assess whether this approach could be used in other areas
📖 Find out more about the project: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
📖 Find out more about the project: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Research partnership to tackle dietary inequalities in Glasgow
Researchers, local government and food organisations are coming together to tackle poor diet and ill health in some of the most deprived areas in Glasgow
www.gla.ac.uk
August 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
✅ Assess whether this approach could be used in other areas
📖 Find out more about the project: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
📖 Find out more about the project: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
📢 2 Job opportunities to join an exciting research project on diet inequalities and community nutrition in Glasgow, Scotland
Post 1: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
⏳closing date 29/4/25
📋24mo PDRA G 6
Post 2: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
⏳closing date 6/5/25
📋33mo, PDRA G 6/7
Post 1: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
⏳closing date 29/4/25
📋24mo PDRA G 6
Post 2: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
⏳closing date 6/5/25
📋33mo, PDRA G 6/7
April 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
📢 2 Job opportunities to join an exciting research project on diet inequalities and community nutrition in Glasgow, Scotland
Post 1: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
⏳closing date 29/4/25
📋24mo PDRA G 6
Post 2: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
⏳closing date 6/5/25
📋33mo, PDRA G 6/7
Post 1: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
⏳closing date 29/4/25
📋24mo PDRA G 6
Post 2: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
⏳closing date 6/5/25
📋33mo, PDRA G 6/7
April 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
📢 2 Job opportunities to join an exciting research project on diet inequalities and community nutrition in Glasgow, Scotland
Post 1: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
⏳closing date 29/4/25
📋24mo PDRA G 6
Post 2: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
⏳closing date 6/5/25
📋33mo, PDRA G 6/7
Post 1: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
⏳closing date 29/4/25
📋24mo PDRA G 6
Post 2: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
⏳closing date 6/5/25
📋33mo, PDRA G 6/7
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The second SCAF residential writing retreat is open to all SCAF members actively working on professional pieces of writing ✍️
Participants will focus on moving their writing forward in a dedicated, supportive environment 🌳
✅ Register interest by 02/04, 11am
➡️ bit.ly/41DeHPF
#foodstudies
Participants will focus on moving their writing forward in a dedicated, supportive environment 🌳
✅ Register interest by 02/04, 11am
➡️ bit.ly/41DeHPF
#foodstudies
March 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The second SCAF residential writing retreat is open to all SCAF members actively working on professional pieces of writing ✍️
Participants will focus on moving their writing forward in a dedicated, supportive environment 🌳
✅ Register interest by 02/04, 11am
➡️ bit.ly/41DeHPF
#foodstudies
Participants will focus on moving their writing forward in a dedicated, supportive environment 🌳
✅ Register interest by 02/04, 11am
➡️ bit.ly/41DeHPF
#foodstudies
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✍ New SCAF blog!
March was all about focus, innovation, and creativity. Our writing retreat fostered productivity & collaboration; the 9th webinar spotlighted new research for a resilient food future, and our photography competition celebrated powerful visual stories 🌳 #foodstudies
bit.ly/43zkx6a
March was all about focus, innovation, and creativity. Our writing retreat fostered productivity & collaboration; the 9th webinar spotlighted new research for a resilient food future, and our photography competition celebrated powerful visual stories 🌳 #foodstudies
bit.ly/43zkx6a
What Happened This Month | March 2025
March was all about focus, innovation, and creativity. Our inaugural writing retreat fostered productivity and collaboration; the 9th webinar spotlighted new research for a resilient food future, and ...
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March 31, 2025 at 8:14 AM
✍ New SCAF blog!
March was all about focus, innovation, and creativity. Our writing retreat fostered productivity & collaboration; the 9th webinar spotlighted new research for a resilient food future, and our photography competition celebrated powerful visual stories 🌳 #foodstudies
bit.ly/43zkx6a
March was all about focus, innovation, and creativity. Our writing retreat fostered productivity & collaboration; the 9th webinar spotlighted new research for a resilient food future, and our photography competition celebrated powerful visual stories 🌳 #foodstudies
bit.ly/43zkx6a
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📢 SCAF webinar! A Journey Through Scottish Food Heritage and Culinary Culture 💡
Join us to hear from Dr Lindsay Middleton and Dr Ana Tominc about using media to communicate about food on April 29 at 1pm 🍽️ #foodstudies
➡️ bit.ly/41QhaGz
Join us to hear from Dr Lindsay Middleton and Dr Ana Tominc about using media to communicate about food on April 29 at 1pm 🍽️ #foodstudies
➡️ bit.ly/41QhaGz
March 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
📢 SCAF webinar! A Journey Through Scottish Food Heritage and Culinary Culture 💡
Join us to hear from Dr Lindsay Middleton and Dr Ana Tominc about using media to communicate about food on April 29 at 1pm 🍽️ #foodstudies
➡️ bit.ly/41QhaGz
Join us to hear from Dr Lindsay Middleton and Dr Ana Tominc about using media to communicate about food on April 29 at 1pm 🍽️ #foodstudies
➡️ bit.ly/41QhaGz
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Calling All Breastfeeding Mums in Glasgow! 🤱🏴
Join our Mum & Baby Gut Health Study if you have a baby (2-5 months old) & want to explore how a diet rich in fiber & fermented foods affects gut bacteria & breastmilk.
📧Interested? @dradagarcia.bsky.social n.rizq.1@research.gla.ac.uk
Please share!🌸
Join our Mum & Baby Gut Health Study if you have a baby (2-5 months old) & want to explore how a diet rich in fiber & fermented foods affects gut bacteria & breastmilk.
📧Interested? @dradagarcia.bsky.social n.rizq.1@research.gla.ac.uk
Please share!🌸
March 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Calling All Breastfeeding Mums in Glasgow! 🤱🏴
Join our Mum & Baby Gut Health Study if you have a baby (2-5 months old) & want to explore how a diet rich in fiber & fermented foods affects gut bacteria & breastmilk.
📧Interested? @dradagarcia.bsky.social n.rizq.1@research.gla.ac.uk
Please share!🌸
Join our Mum & Baby Gut Health Study if you have a baby (2-5 months old) & want to explore how a diet rich in fiber & fermented foods affects gut bacteria & breastmilk.
📧Interested? @dradagarcia.bsky.social n.rizq.1@research.gla.ac.uk
Please share!🌸
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Glasgow is home to several universities serving food to a large number of students. Sign up to our next webinar to hear about how two of Glasgow's universities are providing healthy meals to staff and students,
Find out more and register at bit.ly/universityfood
Find out more and register at bit.ly/universityfood
March 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Glasgow is home to several universities serving food to a large number of students. Sign up to our next webinar to hear about how two of Glasgow's universities are providing healthy meals to staff and students,
Find out more and register at bit.ly/universityfood
Find out more and register at bit.ly/universityfood
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TLDR: #formula companies in the UK routinely disregard UK regulations on labelling. The result? Missing warnings, misleading claims, cross promotion.. ultimately threatening infant health. Shameful. #EndExploitativeMarketing
@gwynnemp.bsky.social @skinnock.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social
@gwynnemp.bsky.social @skinnock.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social
📢 New Publication Alert! in Maternal & Child Nutrition journal: doi.org/10.1111/mcn....
Formula Labelling in UK: Manufacturers' (Non)-Compliance with the Code, UK Law & Guidance Notes by #MaikoKamata with @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social Dr Vicky Sibson @globalhealthnut.bsky.social Prof Marko Kerac
Formula Labelling in UK: Manufacturers' (Non)-Compliance with the Code, UK Law & Guidance Notes by #MaikoKamata with @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social Dr Vicky Sibson @globalhealthnut.bsky.social Prof Marko Kerac
February 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
TLDR: #formula companies in the UK routinely disregard UK regulations on labelling. The result? Missing warnings, misleading claims, cross promotion.. ultimately threatening infant health. Shameful. #EndExploitativeMarketing
@gwynnemp.bsky.social @skinnock.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social
@gwynnemp.bsky.social @skinnock.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social
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🚨 Happening now! We are launching the @wcrforg Blueprint for Cancer Prevention 👉 tinyurl.com/3e7cdy7j
A one-stop-shop for policymakers & advocates to drive #cancerprevention policies & create healthier environments for all.
@drgiotamitrou.bsky.social @ioanavlad.bsky.social @kateot.bsky.social
A one-stop-shop for policymakers & advocates to drive #cancerprevention policies & create healthier environments for all.
@drgiotamitrou.bsky.social @ioanavlad.bsky.social @kateot.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🚨 Happening now! We are launching the @wcrforg Blueprint for Cancer Prevention 👉 tinyurl.com/3e7cdy7j
A one-stop-shop for policymakers & advocates to drive #cancerprevention policies & create healthier environments for all.
@drgiotamitrou.bsky.social @ioanavlad.bsky.social @kateot.bsky.social
A one-stop-shop for policymakers & advocates to drive #cancerprevention policies & create healthier environments for all.
@drgiotamitrou.bsky.social @ioanavlad.bsky.social @kateot.bsky.social
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Our NEW Eating Well guide out TODAY👇for anyone with a role in supporting 🤰🏼🤱🏼👩🏼🍼👶🏽👦🏻👧🏼 living in temporary accommodation in the UK. Download link in comments #NutSky 🛟
December 16, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Our NEW Eating Well guide out TODAY👇for anyone with a role in supporting 🤰🏼🤱🏼👩🏼🍼👶🏽👦🏻👧🏼 living in temporary accommodation in the UK. Download link in comments #NutSky 🛟
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Unethical infant feeding service is axed in Tesco climbdown www.bmj.com/content/388/... @skinnock.bsky.social @gwynnemp.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social @bfn-uk.bsky.social @childrensfood.bsky.social #EndExploitativeMarketing
Unethical infant feeding service is axed in Tesco climbdown
A controversial scheme in which midwives paid by a leading formula milk company have been providing infant feeding advice to new parents has been axed after an outcry.
The initiative, hosted by the s...
www.bmj.com
January 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Unethical infant feeding service is axed in Tesco climbdown www.bmj.com/content/388/... @skinnock.bsky.social @gwynnemp.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social @bfn-uk.bsky.social @childrensfood.bsky.social #EndExploitativeMarketing
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Check out this competition from @scafarc.bsky.social 📸 now extended until the end of the month
📢 Deadline extension!
For World Food Day 2024, the Scottish Alliance for Food has invited people of all ages across Scotland to explore different perspectives around food using art and photography! 🍇📸
More information & application 👉 bit.ly/4dHXur6
#foodstudies
For World Food Day 2024, the Scottish Alliance for Food has invited people of all ages across Scotland to explore different perspectives around food using art and photography! 🍇📸
More information & application 👉 bit.ly/4dHXur6
#foodstudies
January 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Check out this competition from @scafarc.bsky.social 📸 now extended until the end of the month
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📢 Written Feedback for ECRS!
Early Career Professionals are invited to submit their pump priming proposal for written feedback 📝🌱
📅 ECR Feedback deadline: 03/02/2025
📅 Application deadline: 14/02/2025
More information on SCAF Pump Priming Awards Round 3 👉 bit.ly/3TSdHDS
#foodstudies
Early Career Professionals are invited to submit their pump priming proposal for written feedback 📝🌱
📅 ECR Feedback deadline: 03/02/2025
📅 Application deadline: 14/02/2025
More information on SCAF Pump Priming Awards Round 3 👉 bit.ly/3TSdHDS
#foodstudies
January 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📢 Written Feedback for ECRS!
Early Career Professionals are invited to submit their pump priming proposal for written feedback 📝🌱
📅 ECR Feedback deadline: 03/02/2025
📅 Application deadline: 14/02/2025
More information on SCAF Pump Priming Awards Round 3 👉 bit.ly/3TSdHDS
#foodstudies
Early Career Professionals are invited to submit their pump priming proposal for written feedback 📝🌱
📅 ECR Feedback deadline: 03/02/2025
📅 Application deadline: 14/02/2025
More information on SCAF Pump Priming Awards Round 3 👉 bit.ly/3TSdHDS
#foodstudies
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We'll have a stall at this event from the @uofgasbs.bsky.social next week.
Come along to hear about the different initiatives working to make the University more sustainable. Register and find out more on Eventbrite at bit.ly/asbs_drivingsustainability or via the link in our bio.
Come along to hear about the different initiatives working to make the University more sustainable. Register and find out more on Eventbrite at bit.ly/asbs_drivingsustainability or via the link in our bio.
January 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We'll have a stall at this event from the @uofgasbs.bsky.social next week.
Come along to hear about the different initiatives working to make the University more sustainable. Register and find out more on Eventbrite at bit.ly/asbs_drivingsustainability or via the link in our bio.
Come along to hear about the different initiatives working to make the University more sustainable. Register and find out more on Eventbrite at bit.ly/asbs_drivingsustainability or via the link in our bio.
My first post here could not be nicer! Delighted to have secured @scafarc.bsky.social funds to work with The Courtyard Pantry Enterprise evaluating their After School Food Provision project scafshowcase.wordpress.com/pump-priming...
Pump Priming Award
The SCAF Pump Priming Award aims to support research that explores the multifaceted world of food, spanning an inclusive range of disciplines, and topics from innovations to logistical challenges, …
scafshowcase.wordpress.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:38 PM
My first post here could not be nicer! Delighted to have secured @scafarc.bsky.social funds to work with The Courtyard Pantry Enterprise evaluating their After School Food Provision project scafshowcase.wordpress.com/pump-priming...