The first paper from the COPPER project! Great work from @hannahforde.bsky.social who led deliberative forums exploring public views on food taxes and subsidies to make healthy & sustainable food more affordable

First paper published from our COPPER project! We went to Glasgow and Bridlington (my home town!) to find out what the public supports with regard to taxes and subsidies in the food system. Great work led by the excellent @hannahforde.bsky.social

We ran deliberative forums in Glasgow & Bridlington all about food subsidies & taxes to make healthy & sustainable food more affordable.

Read our findings in our latest article!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@oxprimarycare.bsky.social

Here's @kevinh-phd.bsky.social on leaving NIH due to pressure for scientific conformity to "preconceived narratives" of the current administration (i.e. RFK Jr). About 4 mins. Shocking account of state of academic freedom in the US.

@oxmartinschool.bsky.social @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social

How can we fix the food system? 🍎

Our Health Behaviours team is using an innovative new interactive game – The Mayor of Mancunia – to explore tough choices about food, health and climate with the public as part of the SHIFT project. Now open at Manchester Museum.

Find out more about the project 👇

Fantastic evening at @oxmartinschool.bsky.social last night with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social giving a talk on "The Calculus of Calories". Really great, nuanced and evidence-based approach to why it it so hard to lose weight, the obesogenic environment and UPFs.

Video below in case you missed it!

We're are now accepting applications for an exciting DPhil at the @oxprimarycare.bsky.social, *FUNDED* by the THRIVING Food Futures research hub!
The project is about divisive policies, supervised by me, Dr Rachel Pechey @petescarbs.bsky.social @ashakaur.bsky.social
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Pls share! ✨

Duties of a Doctor (General Medical Council) imply that giving out false or misleading information that could lead to harm might be grounds for removing a doctor from the Medical Register.

New research from @oxmartinschool.bsky.social and @smithschool.ox.ac.uk shows policymakers are seriously underestimating how willing the public is to step up on climate action.

Read more ⬇️ #OxfordClimate

We are now on Bluesky! Follow us for:

The latest insights from Cochrane reviews 📖

Training and support for researchers 👩🏫

Information on research integrity, innovative methods and our global community 🌏

New @jessicarenzella.bsky.social! Workshops w/Newham residents to identify ways to improve diets “…although the implementation of interventions in different areas may require tailoring, the focus of interventions to tackle the determinants of unhealthy diets could be similar across neighbourhoods.”

Our early career researchers have set up a network to support those working in #research related to healthy, sustainable, and equitable diets and food systems. Is that you? You can find out more on our website: www.phc.ox.ac.uk/research/res...

cc @betheveleigh.bsky.social @petescarbs.bsky.social

Absolutely dystopian juxtaposition from the Guardian front page. Difficult to understand how anyone of decency and conscience can defend this government at this point. Just sheer moral degeneracy to arm a state that does this and arrest people for objecting. Wtf are we doing as a country?

When people find out how little is spent on foreign aid, they're less likely to say that the US spends "too much".

This might seem obvious, but many would argue that pointing to data or facts is never successful in changing peoples' minds.

Remember all that fulminating in the billionaire press about "free speech" (ie their freedom to abuse Muslims, trans people etc with impunity)? Now that people are being arrested for speaking about an issue of the utmost gravity, the self-appointed guardians of liberty have fallen strangely silent.

New parliamentary inquiry into tackling the obesity epidemic launched today, deadline for written submissions 28th August. Do consider submitting! committees.parliament.uk/committee/81...

Oxford University and @cam.ac.uk have each received a £6.25 million gift to expand their outreach work with socio-economically disadvantaged students in STEM subjects.

Find out more ⬇️

🌱🍽️ Our SHIFT research team is co-creating an interactive game in collaboration with Manchester residents to spark conversations about food sustainability.

Check out how community workshops are shaping this innovative project for Manchester Museum! 🎮

#FoodSustainability #CommunityEngagement

Talks from our seminar series by @jeanmadams.bsky.social and Marco Springmann are now online!

www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/events#tab-7...

Ministers to delay UK junk food advertising ban until next year

www.ft.com/content/a4a5...

Next week we welcome @jeanmadams.bsky.social to Oxford for our Wednesday seminar. Professor Adams will be talking about mandatory calorie labelling and what it reveals about public health policy making.
Join in person @oxmartinschool.bsky.social or online 👇
www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/event/an-eva...

I am all about this

HERC SHORT COURSES 2025

HERC is pleased to announce their programme of Online and In-person short courses for 2025 and that registration is open now for bookings.

#healtheconomics

www.herc.ox.ac.uk/herc-short-c...

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First published in 1996, the CONSORT statement was designed to improve the quality of reporting and provide a minimum set of items to be included in a report of a randomised trial.

Now, there is an updated 2025 Statement.

Find it here: tinyurl.com/2s3hv3yx