Dev Sharma

16-year-old me recorded this asking the PM to stop the bombardment. The food giants said it would never happen. 5 years. 4 Prime Ministers. And a youth movement that forced them to listen. Today, the Junk Food Ad Ban is finally law🛑 But the industry is already hunting for loopholes. The screen clears today, but we need to watch them like hawks. @BiteBack2030 👇

Pleased to be rejoining the civil service as Investment and AI adviser in DSIT. As an exited founder and angel investor in over a hundred startups I’m hopeful I can help make Britain the place for tech and AI. It’s a part time role as I will still be carrying on my work at Oxford University and on the board of the ALB of the DfE Oak National Academy. This government has made great strides on AI and tech. Excited to get going and help!

@HZoete @JohnRentoul Huge congratulations Henry!

this is actually insane > be tech guy in australia > adopt cancer riddled rescue dog, months to live > not_going_to_give_you_up.mp4 > pay $3,000 to sequence her tumor DNA > feed it to ChatGPT and AlphaFold > zero background in biology > identify mutated proteins, match them to drug targets > design a custom mRNA cancer vaccine from scratch > genomics professor is “gobsmacked” that some puppy lover did this on his own > need ethics approval to administer it > red tape takes longer than designing the vaccine > 3 months, finally approved > drive 10 hours to get rosie her first injection > tumor halves > coat gets glossy again > dog is alive and happy > professor: “if we can do this for a dog, why aren’t we rolling this out to humans?” one man with a chatbot, and $3,000 just outperformed the entire pharmaceutical discovery pipeline. we are going to cure so many diseases. I dont think people realize how good things are going to get

the future of the UK is being actively formed in the dorm rooms and the London coffee shops and hackathon community spaces we must all find ways to know each other, and the leverage this will provide will be wondrous we can make London in our image

mcdonald's in the past couple of years (in the uk at least) has gone for this very weird marketing choice where they've moved away from a family-friendly image to instead targeting 13 year olds in tracksuits who listen to dril and go to maccies after school

The government’s long awaited Child Poverty Strategy was published last week. Here are my thoughts on BBC News. It’s the most ambitious plan we’ve seen in decades, but we can’t declare victory yet when 4 million children will still be in poverty in 2030.

@silvercylon Thank you Kester :)

@DevSharmaUK just seen you on tv, truly inspiring.

@joanne29913 @HouseofCommons @bycLIVE @BiteBack2030 @Food_Foundation @WorldObesity @Act4FoodGlobal @UKSustain @OHA_updates @EATforum @LindsayHoyle_MP Thank you Jo🙂 that really means a lot :)

@DevSharmaUK @HouseofCommons @bycLIVE @BiteBack2030 @Food_Foundation @WorldObesity @Act4FoodGlobal @UKSustain @OHA_updates @EATforum @LindsayHoyle_MP Dear Dev, I have just watched you on BBC news, again fighting for the young people. I just wanted to say, what an amazing young man you are and we thank you for your leadership 👏🏼❤️

In the @HouseofCommons, I spoke on the dire need for food system reform. This #WorldObesityDay, remember: in our most disadvantaged communities, youth are losing 10 years of life to preventable, food-related conditions.

.@DevSharmaUK: "My generation is the generation that lived through austerity... my friends went to school hungry... in the 6th largest economy in the world"

🗣️ 'Where are the legal targets on reducing child poverty?' Food Ambassador @DevSharmaUK speaking about the new @GOVUK Child Poverty Strategy live on @BBCNews ⬇️ 🔗 shorturl.at/PQHtq

Correct, don’t send her DMs. Send them to me! Belief capital is on the way.

We're looking forward to learning more on Monday 29 September | 16:00 – 16:45 | ECL, Exhibition Event Hub, ACC Liverpool #LabourPartyConference Can't wait to hear from @DevSharmaMYP! 📢🗣️👏 Details here: recipeforchange.org.uk/news-and-blogs… #RecipeForChange #LPC25 @rcsloggett @AshleyDalton_MP

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🧠 A HEALTH MAELSTROM IS COMING FOR THE FOOD INDUSTRY 🌪️ And it's bigger than I thought. A short thread on the storm that's about to break — and what it means for food, health, and society. 🔗 thegrocer.co.uk/comment-and-op… 🧵 1/8

At age 13, I spoke out about food injustice. 7 years later, Free School Meals are finally being extended to all kids on Universal Credit.🍏 This isn’t just a policy win - it’s a lifeline. Campaigning works. Justice is finally on the menu🍴

🚨 NEW: The Government has announced that from the 2026 school year, all children in families on Universal Credit will get free school meals It will cover schools, colleges, and school-based nurseries, benefit 500,000 children, and lift 100,000 "completely out of poverty"

I’ve lived through the flood of junk food ads and now the government’s delayed action again. This isn’t just policy. It’s personal. Watch my take on why this delay is a betrayal and what it means for young people like me

Today the UK Govt has announced a DELAY to the UK junk food advertising ban until next year… This delay isn’t just disappointing - it’s dangerous. As a young person growing up in today’s digital world, I don’t need another report to tell me junk food marketing fuels childhood obesity. I live in that reality every day. Open any app and you’ll see it - ads that glamorise unhealthy food, designed to hijack our attention and our options. This decision tells me, yet again, that our health comes second to industry profits. Every delay is a signal that young people’s wellbeing is negotiable - something to be pushed back whenever it’s politically inconvenient. What makes this personal is that I’m not watching from the sidelines. I’ve grown up in this environment. I’ve seen how marketing shapes what my friends crave, how it influences what ends up in school bags, lunch boxes and dinner tables. And I’ve seen how hard it is to fight against that when every screen we look at is rigged against us. I’ve campaigned for this since I was age 14. We’re not asking for perfection. We’re asking for protection. And this delay is proof that even that is still too much to ask. The government’s own evidence shows how harmful HFSS advertising is to children’s health. But instead of acting on it, they’re hesitating. That’s not just a delay. It’s a betrayal. Talk is cheap. Our health is paying the price.

Great presentation by @StuartGillesp16 on the Launch of his book „Food Fight „