Nick Cavill
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Nick Cavill
@nickcavill.bsky.social
Public health guy. Hon Prof @ University of Bath and independent consultant. Into walking, cycling, active travel, complex systems. Saxophonist.
Many congratulations to the amazing @ambervandenakker.bsky.social for winning this well-deserved award. Great to be involved with your research!
Feeling very honoured to have received the Ilona Kickbusch Early Career Research. A massive thank you to the panel at @healthpromint.bsky.social @docsamantha.bsky.social and to my co-authors Alice Fabbri, Adam Bertscher, Anna Gilmore, Cecile Knai, @nickcavill.bsky.social and @harryrutter.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce the winner of the Ilona Kickbusch Award 2024 for best paper @healthpromint.bsky.social by an Early Career Researcher.

Congratulations @ambervandenakker.bsky.social for

Industry influence on public health policy formulation in the UK.

academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
December 18, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Reposted by Nick Cavill
So I've had a go at a Starter Pack thing to see if @nanettemutrie.bsky.social and I can find more #physicalactivity friends who have made the jump across.
Additional tags welcomed and will add
go.bsky.app/DsHNWPf
November 18, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Anyone who thinks our transport problems will be solved by EVs, consider this horrific ‘concept’. It’s like the brief was ‘maximise the danger to #pedestrians and #cyclists’.
December 4, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Reposted by Nick Cavill
If you do science, Blue Sky is the place to be.

www.science.org/content/arti...
Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede
www.science.org
November 21, 2024 at 6:09 AM
Fascinating webinar today by @nestauk.bsky.social explaining their policy intervention modelling to halve #obesity in the UK. Guess what? Restrictions on junk food ads; front of pack labelling; compulsory nutrition info etc etc. Not a voluntary agreement in sight.

www.nesta.org.uk/press-releas...
Expert analysis identifies the government interventions needed to halve obesity in five years
It is possible and affordable to halve obesity by the end of the decade if the government implements specific prevention policies, alongside wider access to weight-loss drugs, first-of-its-kind analys...
www.nesta.org.uk
December 3, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Reposted by Nick Cavill
Rule of thumb for future cycling infrastructure planners:

If children can't cycle on it safely, it's not fit for purpose.
November 29, 2024 at 4:58 PM