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emmaboyland.bsky.social
Professor of Food Marketing and Child Health, Department of Psychology. Deputy Executive Dean, Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool. Interested in food marketing exposure, persuasive power, behavioural impact, & public health policy.
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A nice few days in beautiful Malaga, putting together an excellent scientific programme for the European Congress on Obesity here in May πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡¦

Got new important findings that weren't available by the standard abstract deadline? Good news - the late breaking abstract submission is now open for #ECO2025 @easoobesity.bsky.social

Doing this tonight, should be fun! www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/talks/are-we... @merseyskeptics.org.uk

We're conducting a study @liverpooluni.bsky.social about putting an obesity intervention into practice. If you provide weight management & wellbeing support to people living with obesity and would be interested in participating, please contact us (details attached) @arcnwc.bsky.social

Well, this is lovely πŸ₯° BBC News - Students from India say Liverpool is 'so welcoming' www.bbc.com/news/article...

Brilliant to welcome @universityofleeds.bsky.social colleagues to @livuni-iph.bsky.social today to see our facilities (appetite labs and Digital Innovation Facility) and plan some collaborative projects

My investigation for @bmj.com uncovering the influence of the food industry in schools. Experts say there should be much greater scrutiny. www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Just for the record: I've analysed hundreds of thousands of ads in my time, from all sorts of media and settings. Number of porridge and crumpets ads could be counted on one hand...

That feeling when you are asked to review a manuscript by a journal that recently desk bounced your own submission 🀨

It's an important step forward & sets a strong precedent that unhealthy food ads should be further restricted, but brand marketing = a BIG gap. Data & insights on what this means coming soon - watch this space! BBC News - Only adverts showing junk food covered by TV ban www.bbc.com/news/article...

We've developed two new scales to measure self-stigma associated with food insecurity. Free to use and can be accessed here osf.io/fmpja?revisi...

πŸ“’ New paper This analysis of youth influencers’ YouTube accounts found that 2/3 of food cues presented were not permitted for marketing to children. @evawinzer.bksy.social @mimitgolden.bsky.social @magdalenamuc.bsky.social bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

REF Main Panel Chairs announced (2029.ref.ac.uk/news/chairs-... ). Open recruitment for Sub-panel chairs and members is due to launch later this month. Information here: 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/main-pa...

Not new news. But today is a vital step towards a ban of junk food ads on TV & online (repeatedly delayed by last Govt) For any sceptics, this is a v good thing for health... πŸ‘ Loads of evidence shows advertising works πŸ‘ Food giants spend £££s on ads - of course it works www.gov.uk/government/n...

Was a pleasure to be part of this fantastic conference last week (it was insightful and fun, despite my very serious expression in this pic!) www.imperial.ac.uk/news/258854/...

πŸ“’ New paper: we developed and validated two novel scales to measure aspects of food insecurity stigma @paulchristiansen.bsky.social bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Come on, people "submit yoir Abstarct"! πŸ˜†

Eerily familiar "The ASA, although it has upheld some complaints, it takes so long to properly process all of these things - they will go to a company and say, 'you should comply', but they don't comply" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our fantastic new colleague at UoL, Dr Charlotte Buckley, is looking for a PDRA to work on the NIHR-funded NOURISH project (full time until 2027). For more details or to apply, follow the link πŸ‘ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR046/r...

Some enjoyable sciencing in Palma de Mallorca this week at the EASO ECN Winter School - had a good session on the commercial determinants of health πŸ‘

"Most TV adverts for sweets, crisps, and chocolate shown when children are likely to be watching are placed by firms who claim not to promote their products to that age group" Powerful findings from our collaboration with the Food Foundation. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

I appreciated the opportunity to give evidence on the impact of food marketing on children's eating behaviour. Good to see strong recommendations for legislation, including action on promotional characters, outdoor advertising, & sports sponsorship of HFSS. committees.parliament.uk/committee/69...

Some delightful sciencing in Belgium (Ghent and Leuven) this week πŸ‘Œ

A good bit o' sciencing (and goulash) in Budapest for the EASO Masterclass in the Prevention and Management of Obesity. Nice of my suitcase to join me for a few hours at least πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ

BBC News - TV junk food ads to be banned before 9pm from next year - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This morning I spoke to @kevduala @bbcmerseyside about Liverpool City Council proposals to ban junk food adverts on billboards. The plans are being considered at a cabinet meeting today. Listen hereπŸ‘‰ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from 1.22 in)

BBC News - City planning junk food advertising ban www.bbc.com/news/article...

πŸ“’ our latest paper is available open access here: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... Fun writing about digital food marketing research and policy with the INFORMAS food promotion team!

New paper from Alex Kalbus on use of online food delivery services bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/2/... In Feb 2019, nearly 16% of households bought groceries online at least once; 13% had used take-away food delivery apps in the past 7 days; and 3.5% said they had used both services.

Great to see so many interested and engaged students (and parents!) at the @LivUniPsyc applicant discovery day today! My 12 year old came along to my sample lecture and said afterwards she enjoyed it and was proud of me πŸ₯Ή

As if I didn't already admire her enough "Paris represents no brands or sponsors, instead racing for The Green Runners group which she co-founded" 🀩 www.reuters.com/sports/athle...

BFDG2024 was πŸ‘Œ Thanks for having me as a keynote speaker! πŸ‘ to all organisers 🀩

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Thanks so much @MichelleMaden and Angela Boland for my lovely signed copy of your fabulous book - already looking forward to our next collab 🀩

This morning, I gave evidence to the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity committee πŸ˜ƒ You can watch it here if you like: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

πŸ“’ another new paper, introducing a model that seeks to better account for the complexities and unique features of digital marketing - great to work with @NutritionCues and his team on this one πŸ™Œ www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

πŸ“’ our latest paper: food marketing exposures associated with hunger and craving in adults, largely category specific (fast food ads -> fast food craving). Nice to use EMA in this space too, a useful tool for real world assessments. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

First in the North West, eleventh in the country. Today @KnowsleyCouncil join a growing movement of councils championing their residents' health over corporate profits with support from @UKSustain www.sustainweb.org/news/jan24-knowsley-advertising-policy πŸ‘

πŸ—£ our latest paper HFSS food marketing in @Twitch content popular with young people is substantial and presented using a range of persuasive techniques www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...