Mike Rayner

Join us online on Tuesday, 10 Sept from 9.15 to 11 am BST to hear the results of a new @ATNIndex study focussed on aligning Nutrient Profile Models for reporting on the healthiness of food portfolios. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our former CEO, colleague, and friend Andrew Dougal OBE. As CEO of NICHS from 1983 to 2015 he was a passionate advocate for people suffering from chest, heart and stroke illnesses and he leaves a lasting legacy.

All 9 letters & a summary are now posted for the latest Letterbox series on UPFs. @Rob_Percival_, @MikeRayner, & @One_Angry_Chef discuss UPFs & how useful the term actually is. Read here: tabledebates.org/letterbox/is-t…

New paper on the UK's Soft Drinks Levy led by Pete Scarborough & Linda Cobiac at Oxford. We measured how the tax changed sugar consumption and found bigger falls in more deprived areas. We then modelled how this would affect health.... journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a…

Very happy with Times review of my exhibition, Landscape and Imagination @ComptonVerney - ‘languid, thoughtful and hung with pictures lovely to look at’ - thank you Laura Freeman!

Round 2 of our Letterbox series on ultra-processed food is live! Read the responses @Rob_Percival_, @MikeRayner, & @One_Angry_Chef have written to each other here: tabledebates.org/letterbox/is-t…

Our latest Letterbox series has launched! Over the next couple of weeks, @Rob_Percival_, @MikeRayner, & @One_Angry_Chef will discuss the utility of the Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) concept. The first round of letters are available here: tabledebates.org/letterbox/is-t…

Ultra-processed food corporations are destroying traditional cuisines and indigenous food cultures worldwide. Surely we should try and stop them? I discuss the UPF concept with Anthony Warner and Mike Raynor for @TableDebates w/ @SoilAssociation 👇 tabledebates.org/letterbox/is-t…

#postdoc job opportunity! The SHIFT project, led by @Pete_Scarbs, is looking for a modeller. Can you help us model the impact of food systems interventions and policy scenarios? You will be based @TheSmithSchool, working with Dr Mike Clark. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

In case you missed it earlier, we published the FoRK Toolkit in the @bmj_latest today. Here's a blog about it. And a 60 second explainer, thanks to @MRC_Epid comms team mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/01/2…

Earlier this month, one of our papers on the Soft Drinks Industry Levy was retracted by the BMJ and a correction published in BMJ Open. The process has been long and challenging. But we're pleased to be able to correct the record. My reflections: mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/blog/2023/12/1…

In a modeling study, Karl MF Emmert-Fees and team estimate the health and economic impact of national sugar-sweetened beverages taxation scenarios in Germany. @kemmert_fees @TUMPublicHealth @ellaxiii @TU_Muenchen @Pete_Scarbs @ben_amies @moflaher doi.org/10.1371/journa…

There's lots of talk about 'systems thinking' in public health research, but it's not always clear what it might mean for doing things differently. In this paper @miriamralvarado discusses how systems thinking could help generate novel research questions. gh-bmj-com.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/content/8/Supp…

ICYMI, there was a small bit of good news on child obesity in October. The 2022/23 National Childhood Measurement programme showed a fall in rates of obesity among reception (4-5 y/o) and year 6 (10-11 y/o) children for the second year running. 1/n

Our report indicates the Australian food industry is preferentially applying Health Star Ratings to healthier categories and avoiding showing star ratings on packs of low-rating less healthy items. Read the report in full: buff.ly/40fJOOZ #HealthForAll

Super useful tool from @unicef to help implement principles of engagement with food and beverage industry. Important that UN agencies are explicitly tackling this question. unicef.org/media/143406/f…

A huge loss to the obesity research community. Dr James was so generous as to write a chapter in our #obesogenicEnvironments book My condolences to his family.