Thanks Faunalytics for writing a research summary of our focus group study on child+parent perceptions of alt. proteins in Singapore!

Read here ➡️ faunalytics.org/kids-and-par...

🧾 Available #OpenAccess ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🍽️>87% gave babies/toddlers processed baby snacks regularly between meals
⭐Snacks were frequently used to quieten/entertain
📣Brand communications+on-pack claims guide food choices

Greater transparency+regulation of on-pack marketing could help parents make healthier food choices for babies/toddlers

📰 NEW PAPER: Available #OpenAccess at: lnkd.in/eJkVvQmS

Fantastic work by the fabulous Alex Rhodes & dream team including @andreadsmith.bsky.social + @ranaconway.bsky.social! 👏

We investigated what is driving increased use of processed baby snack foods in the UK and found that...

📣Life update: I have started as a Lecturer in Psychology @uniofleicester.bsky.social

Bittersweet as I leave Loughborough Uni, but only down the road (+always up for a ☕!)

Thnks to my new colleagues for the warm welcome, v.excited to further my research in eating behaviour + adolescent health here!

Half marathon complete! ✅ Despite the heat we managed to meet our goal (running the whole thing without stopping)!

Any last donations would be amazing ⬇️

www.justgiving.com/page/flo-run...

📜NEW ARTICLE exploring min. age guidance & sugar warning labels through an online experiment + focus groups

✅labels could empower parents + shift feeding choices toward closer alignment with recommendations

✅impacts appear socioeconomically equitable + parents support labels

#OpenAccess paper⬇️

Less than 1 week until #pintofscience🧠
I will share our work investigating how teens are using digital tools to find health info +discuss whether AI can provide better support

📅Mon 19 May
🕓4-7PM
📍Bom Bom Patisserie Canal House (could I BE at a better venue?!🍪)
🎫 pintofscience.co.uk/events/lough...

📜New publication!

Our mixed methods paper exploring views of regular consumers of plant-based meat alternatives (PBMA) is published!

Huge congrats to our dream team on delivering a fascinating study across time zones!

Infographic of findings ⬇️
Link to #OpenAccess paper➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

Less than 3 weeks to go until my sister & I run the Greater Manchester Half Marathon - 6 years after we ran our first race together! I am raising money for the Samaritans to support all the lifesaving work that they do💚

Please donate if you can ⬇️

www.justgiving.com/page/flo-run...

Thank you @shihuiyu.bsky.social for promoting us, looking forward to seeing you all 🥰

@alice-kininmonth.bsky.social & I will be at the afternoon coffee break and more than happy to chat about all things fellowships and L3! ☕

Thank you @bfdgecr.bsky.social for promoting us 🥰

@alice-kininmonth.bsky.social & I will be at the afternoon coffee break and more than happy to chat about all things fellowships and L3 - see you there! ☕

First post will be a plug for our national fellowship network ➡️ We have an exciting new session focused on NIHR fellowships! 💡

Come along to this brilliant event and do spread the word for the network led by @flosheen.bsky.social @alice-kininmonth.bsky.social and myself 👇

📣Interested in learning more about NIHR fellowships?

Join our session featuring NIHR advanced fellows + an expert from the Research Support Service to:

🪜learn about the application & interview
🌟boost your confidence
🙋ask questions

Scan QR ⬇️ to join the group + get a link to this & future events!

📣NEW PAPER📣 We used WHO data to investigate UK women’s exposure to commercial milk formula (CMF) marketing + beliefs about breast/bottle feeding.

@ranaconway.bsky.social @andreadsmith.bsky.social
📃: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📣 Calling Loughborough University students! 📣

Exciting opportunity to complete paid internships this summer, including ones with myself, Natalie Pearson, Lizzie Stamp & Hannah White! 🤩

Deadline to apply: 6th April

🔬 Are you an ECR researching appetite, eating, or drinking? 🍽️ FREE in-person ECR event 📅 April 23rd—the perfect pre-BFDG meet-up!

Connect with fellow researchers over:
✨ Career workshops
🗣️ Panels on academia & industry
🤝 Networking (+lunch)

📢 Sign up now: bfdg2025.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/ecr-event/

A full circle moment; my summer internship with Prof. Eric Robinson started my research journey back in 2014. Grateful to have the chance to inspire new researchers! 🥰

📣LU students: Exciting opportunity to undertake a paid summer internships, inc. with myself +SSEHS colleagues - see you at tomorrow's launch event 🤩

➡️ www.lboro.ac.uk/services/stu...

Grateful to have been invited to give a Lucy Hingley Lecture to the Worcestershire Federation of WIs on the psychology of eating behaviour. Thank you for having me, for your engagement, and for all the great questions, discussions and post-lecture chats! 🤩

🔥 Hot off the press! ⬇️

A pleasure working with Aimee Pink et dream team to investigate what children and their parents living in Singapore think of plant-based meats, cultivated meat and insect proteins!

🔍: www.linkedin.com/posts/aimee-...

📰: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

Thanks @instalcstud.bsky.social for the opportunity to write this! We investigated what UK adults think of alcohol calorie labelling:
🔍Knowledge of calorie content of alcoholic drinks = limited
👍58% agree it may be useful
⬇️46% of alcohol consumers would make changes
📰 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/8...