Over the weekend we held our Festival of Social Sciences event exploring how we can eat a #healthy and #sustainable #diet in the context of our complex lives. A great couple of days engaging in lively conversations around #food and #nutrition!

We're welcoming submissions to the BMC Public Health collection:

“The health and health equity impacts of fast food production and consumption”

📅 Deadline: 20 February 2026
🔗 More info: lnkd.in/eZhrf35d

Looking forward to #UKCO2025 over the next couple of days!

We’ll be delivering presentations on our recent NIHR-funded work on #darkkitchens, a review on experiences of multicomponent weight management, and our recent publication on weight stigma

Are you a @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social student with an interest in #food, #nutrition or #publichealth? We're looking for a student researcher to support our project exploring food judgement!

🔗 shu.joinhandshake.co.uk/jobs/181626

⏰ 11 June 2025

Yesterday, myself and Dr Viren Ranawana (@sheffielduni.bsky.social) hosted the Sheffield #Food and #Nutrition Research Workshop. The event brought together food, nutrition and public health stakeholders to explore collaborative working to tackle local, regional and national priorities.

A great start to this year’s British Feeding and Drinking Group meeting! Representing #teamDK with a poster exploring consumer knowledge of and engagement with traditional #takeaways and #darkkitchens (read the full text: doi.org/10.3310/nihr...)

Great day in London for the @innovateuk.bsky.social Obesity Pathway Innovation Sandpit. Full of thought provoking conversations on current/future approaches to address #obesity, access to services and how we can/should approach support - which aligns well with our recent work doi.org/10.3389/fpub...

📣 Fully funded #PhD opportunity at @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social

Title: AI-driven Personalised Dietary Interventions for Paediatric Patients Using E-Nose and E-Tongue Technologies

🕐 Deadline: 9 May 2025
🌍 Open to UK & International students
📚 Full tuition (home rate) + stipend
🔗 lnkd.in/e7iGu8gM

🚨 PAID INTERNSHIP 🚨

I'm recruiting a summer intern for a project exploring the experience of living with #obesity! We're looking for someone with #graphicdesign experience and an interest in #research

You'll need to submit:
✅ CV
✅ 500-word supporting statement

⏰ 23:30, 27/04/25
🔗 bit.ly/4kZNFcR

Have you ever heard of a dark kitchen?
Our @nihr.bsky.social-funded work explored knowledge of/engagement with dark kitchens and found:

🤷 Consumers are unfamiliar with dark kitchens
🚫 Dark kitchens are often viewed negatively
📄 Consumers want more transparency

🔗 doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13735.2