Check out this Original Ideas podcast ep on our relationship with food featuring yours truly, @charlottehardman.bsky.social and @beckyevans.bsky.social

Could explicit salt warning labels on our menus encourage healthier food choices? 🤔🍽️

This new research from @beckyevans.bsky.social and @liverpooluni.bsky.social reveals how such labels may be vital to improving public health.

📖 Read the full paper below!
tinyurl.com/2anjs9mc

Influencer Marketing to Gen Z on Live Streaming

I will be delivering the Social Sciences Award Lecture "Game on, snack more" on 11 Sept 🎮🍔
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Events are free & open to all. For all the info on timings, ticket bookings, & the line-up on each day, visit www.britishsciencefestival.org #BSF25

From 10-14 Sept, @britsciassoc.bsky.social will be taking over Liverpool, including @liverpooluni.bsky.social & @ljmuofficial.bsky.social with nearly 100 performances, talks, activities, & more! 🤩

Thanks to co-authors @emmaboyland.bsky.social, @paulchristiansen.bsky.social, Andy Jones, & James Finney 🤩

Further exploration of this effect is needed, as well as studies investigating the potential impacts of other food marketing formats within these platforms.

Exposure to this single ad placement did not impact subsequent snack intake. However, greater habitual use of videogame livestreaming platforms was associated with increased marketed snack intake, suggesting that perhaps more sustained exposure is impactful.

New paper! We tested the impact of exposure to a static banner advert in a videogame livestream on subsequent snack intake among adolescents...

doi.org/10.1017/S136...

@liverpooluni.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher Dr Rebecca Evans has been announced as an Award lecturer for this year’s British Science Festival, which will be hosted in Liverpool in September 2025 with @britsciassoc.bsky.social

www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/new...

Thanks to co-authors @charlottehardman.bsky.social, @paulchristiansen.bsky.social, @melissabateson.bsky.social, Daniel Nettle, & Greg Keenan ☺️

Food insecurity ⬆️price motives ⬇️diet quality
Food insecurity ⬆️distress ⬆️convenience motives ⬇️diet quality
Food insecurity ⬆️distress ⬇️health motives ⬇️diet quality
Food insecurity ⬇️meal frequency ⬇️diet quality

New paper! We examined the role of psychological distress, food choice motives, and meal patterning in the association between food insecurity and diet quality...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢 Our latest paper is out now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/DTKYTC...

Brand-only marketing for food and alcohol influences preference, choice, and purchase intent 🧐

I can't believe that day 2 of our workshop "Digital Foodscapes" is almost over. Time flies when you're having fun! A big thanks to all participants who contribute their exciting ideas and important perspectives, and to @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social for the funding!