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Fuse brings together 6 Universities in North East England & North Cumbria (Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Teesside, Cumbria and Sunderland) in a unique collaboration to deliver world-class #PublicHealth research. @nihrsphr.bsky.social member.

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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. ⬇️

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November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Social activities like overnight trips, seeing friends & family and playing bingo could help to reverse frailty in older people. Research led by Fuse Director Professor Sheena Ramsay, part-funded by the British Heart Foundation and published in the @amjepi.bsky.social ⬇️

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Image credit: by Elliot Manches via Centre for Ageing Better
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Congratulations to Fuse Associate Director Professor Joy Duxbury, our colleagues @cumbriauni.bsky.social and supporting partners on securing £2.5m from @nihr.bsky.social to deliver groundbreaking #MentalHealth research ⬇️

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Photo: Left to Right Dr Ian Corrie (University of Cumbria), Jo Augustus (University of Cumbria), Dr Roisin Mooney (Oxford University), Dr Sue Wilbraham (University of Cumbria), Professor Michelle Baybutt (University of Cumbria), Professor Jeremy Levy (Imperial College London), Professor Joy Duxbury (University of Cumbria), Emily Clarke (University of Cumbria), Professor Eileen Kaner (Newcastle University) and Dr Simon Hackett (CNTW).
October 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Today's Research Event #FuseRE is exploring planning for a healthier food environment with Fuse experts @teessideuni.bsky.social, @newcastleuni.bsky.social and the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities.

More here 🔽
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Free e-learning course
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Capture from the FutureLearn platform hosting the free e-learning course: https://fuse.ac.uk/news/newonlinetraininghelpscouncilsuseplanningpowerstopromotehealthyeating.html
September 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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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 ⬇️

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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
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Government ban of high-caffeine energy drink sales to under-16s underpinned by Fuse research

This follows almost a decade of work led by @lakenutrition.bsky.social linking these drinks to risks for children’s health, sleep & education

Have your say in the consultation ⬇️
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Photo of Professor Amelia Lake, Deputy Director of Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, and Professor of Public Health Nutrition at Teesside University
September 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Huge congratulations to Fuse Associate @emmaaudreyadams.bsky.social on receiving a prestigious @acmedsci.bsky.social Cross Sector Experience Award 🌟 Emma will work with @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social & Northumberland Council to tackle homelessness & health #inequalities ⬇️

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Photo of Fuse Associate Emma Adams, NIHR Doctoral Fellow at Newcastle University
August 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Blog: What did you eat yesterday?🥣🥪🍝🍏🍫

Dr Kath Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition @york.ac.uk, explores the messy science of measuring what we eat ⬇️

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July 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Northern regions have some of the poorest diets in England, putting people at risk of conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure and preventable diseases. New report @thenhsa.bsky.social with major input from Fuse calls for urgent action to tackle food #inequality 🔽

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Image of the NHSA Nutrition North report: ‘Food, Health and Nutrition in the North of England: Inequalities and Opportunities’
July 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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📢 The latest inFuse e-newsletter is out now! ⬇️

🧒 Child obesity & food insecurity
🏆 #FuseAwards25
💻 E-learning course on healthy food planning
🏅 Honours for health equity leaders
🌈 LGBTQ+ disadvantage & marginalisation in care
🔥 Warm Spaces & fuel poverty

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July 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Fuse researchers have welcomed the NHS 10-Year Plan’s focus on prevention - including action on obesity, food environments & energy drinks - but warn that only long-term structural change will deliver a healthier, fairer system that is fit for the future. ⬇️

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Image: Fit for the Future - NHS 10 Year Plan for England.
July 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Today we're at the Inclusive Education Conference @uosresearch.bsky.social with Sarah Martin-Denham and our colleagues from @nihrsphr.bsky.social. Please come and visit our stand to find out more about Fuse and the research we do with children & young people.

#pullupachair #inclusive #education
July 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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🎉 Celebrating our amazing #FuseAwards25 winners & finalists! From powerful storytelling to inclusive research & real-world impact, the awards honoured outstanding #PublicHealth work in Fuse across the North East & North Cumbria

👏🏆 Meet the winners & discover the stories 🔽
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Photo of the Fuse Award winners 2025 Photo of the Fuse Award winners and finalists 2025 with Fuse Director Professor Sheena Ramsay (right) Photo: Creating and connecting during the Romany paper flower making Photo: Creating and connecting during the Romany paper flower making
June 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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June 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to the Fuse Awards 2025! Use #FuseAwards25 to join the discussion and celebrate our finalists and winners!

See our finalists listed below ⬇️ and visit the Fuse website to find out more fuse.ac.uk/events/fusea...
June 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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📢 We’re excited to reveal the #FuseAwards25 finalists, recognising #PublicHealth excellence in the North East, North Cumbria & beyond!

🏆 Winners revealed 16 June - join us in Newcastle!

Huge thanks to all who entered - the standard was exceptional.

Meet our finalists 🔽
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Fuse Awards Shortlisting Graphic. Image: Hand Gesture - Raising a Trophy Vector.svg from Wikimedia Commons by Videoplasty.com, CC-BY-SA 4.0 with alterations to the star on the trophy and coloured sparks.
June 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Fuse Associate Director @pvandergraaf.bsky.social from @northumbriauni.bsky.social presenting at #EIE2025 on how negative and positive feedback loops help us to understand systems change, and provide insights into the unintended consequences of policy implementation.
June 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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We are delighted to be a partner of the European Implementation Collaborative Event 2025 in Newcastle.

Please visit our stand to find out more about the implementation work that we do in Fuse - the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health. #EIE2025
Photo of the Fuse stand at the European Implementation Collaborative Event #EIE2025 in Newcastle.
June 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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In today's final keynote, Dr Stephen Watkins, Co-chair @transporthealth.bsky.social and retired Director of Public Health @stockportcouncil.bsky.social, explores how unconscious bias can impact on decisions around active travel.

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June 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Afternoon sessions at #FusePAW begin with:

Dr Paolo Anciaes @ucl.ac.uk exploring the sometimes contentious area of low traffic neighbourhoods and public health; and Emma Allan, Active Travel Manager, @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social presenting on an active travel social prescribing pilot in Gateshead.
June 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Early Career Researchers & Policy Partner speakers @ #FusePAW

@stinabg.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social - Evaluating coastal rural communities' active sustainable travel.

Luke Robertshaw, Northumberland County Council - Experiences of being embedded into a regional transport policy team.
June 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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The Challenges and Opportunities around bringing #Transport and #PublicHealth communities together, shared by our second keynote speaker, Professor Peter Jones OBE from @ucl.ac.uk

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June 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM