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lakenutrition.bsky.social
Dietitian & Public Health Nutritionist at Teesside University. Assoc Director for Fuse https://fuse.ac.uk/ Researching Food Inequalities & Insecurity, Food Environments, Energy Drinks. https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/persons/amelia-lake
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Really postive discussions with colleagues today about our @nihr.bsky.social funded #TeessideMentalHealthResearch leadership award. Mental health cuts across all the areas in which we research. Thrilled to have colleagues @emmalgiles.bsky.social & Jo Smith @tewv.bsky.social leading us!

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Please help with our study on #socialmedia and #breastfeeding support. The survey should only take around 10mins and all responses are anonymous. You can also opt into a prize draw to win one of three £20 shopping vouchers. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/newcastle/...

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Good food policy news from Brazil - a trailblazer in developing policies that support sustainable diets. The accompaniment of tax breaks for horticulture & MPF production is exciting and one to watch!

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#NorthInnovationWomen recognises women who are pushing the boundaries of innovation within their fields. It showcases role models to women & girls thinking of working or studying in the many sectors where innovation is key. Recommend women to be included using the below steps bit.ly/3WRZLu4

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Fast food giant McDonald’s "triumphs over councils’ rejections of new branches"—by claiming it promotes “healthier lifestyles” - @lakenutrition.bsky.social of @teessideuni.bsky.social spoke to @bmj.com about concerns around hot food takeaways, obesity and health t.co/l2asLEVozw

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McDonald's is overturning council attempts to prevent new fast food outlets by claiming they will encourage healthier lifestyles, reveals a BMJ investigation. It shows the firm has won planning appeals in some of the most deprived areas of England www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Pleased to have contributed to this article & highlight how big industry shapes our food environment & the food choices we make! 🍏🏘️🍎 @helenjmoore.bsky.social @fuseonline.bsky.social @teessideuni.bsky.social

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Fuse researchers from the University of Sunderland and @teessideuni.bsky.social have been awarded more than half a million pounds for a new study which aims to tackle health inequalities in Black communities. 🔽 fuse.ac.uk/news/researc... @juditheberhardt.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

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Such a pleasure to (virtually) be in the room with the students from @plymuni.bsky.social nutrition and dietetic students to talk about our @fuseonline.bsky.social energy drink research. This ongoing work with my collaborator Shelina Visram has been quite the knowledge translation journey!

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For context US imports 59 percent of fresh fruit and 35 percent of fresh vegetables (excluding potatoes, sweet potatoes, and mushrooms) according to USDA - this has been growing since NAFTA 2008 - will new tariffs reverse this trend? Or result in poorer diets for Americans?

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Calling all nursing and midwifery researchers! 🩺📷 The @NIHRSPCR #Nursing and #Midwifery #Research Conference 2025 is happening on 10 Feb 2025 in Nottingham. There are still some free places let - find out more: bit.ly/4fak4cs @georginaspcr.bsky.social @drfinney77.bsky.social

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New @bmj.com research from Professor David Taylor-Robinson of @liverpooluni.bsky.social and @healthequitynorth.bsky.social has shown how children living in poverty are twice as likely to have police contact or carry/use a weapon

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Our Nutrition North expert @lakenutrition.bsky.social of @teessideuni.bsky.social & Professor Heather Brown of our member organisation @lancasteruni.bsky.social have undertaken research around how dark kitchens can be managed in the North to help people stay healthy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Following the @bbcrichardmoss.bsky.social discussion on BBC Politics North... an article discussing the use of planning to shape childhood obesity @adphuk.bsky.social @fuseonline.bsky.social @teessideuni.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Enjoyed being part of this BBC politics North discussion talking about our research around planning for health, importance of free school meals for & auto enrolment for FSMs. @teessideuni.bsky.social @fuseonline.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social @helenjmoore.bsky.social

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Politics North at 10: Job cuts, course closures, strike ballots as Universities face financial problems, what’s the solution? Did a ban on new takeaways in Tyneside cut child obesity. Could free school meals help? With Sam Rushworth, Lewis Bartoli and @lakenutrition.bsky.social #bbcpoliticsnorth

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Tell me you work in a school of health without actually saying you work in a school of health …

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Happy New Year from everyone at Fuse 👋🎆 ICYMI please read our latest winter inFuse e-newsletter ❄️🔽 mailchi.mp/49e859fce2e6... Many thanks for your tremendous support in 2024. We are looking forward to working with you in 2025 on more innovative, collaborative and impactful research.

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If you’re interested in Whole Systems Approaches (WSA) please read this thread by my colleague @pvandergraaf.bsky.social 👇🏼

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👂Great way to digest the 🔑 points from the oral evidence of 54 experts (incl me, Dr Vicky Sibson) to HoL inquiry committee on food, diet & obesity. Honored to speak on behalf on the critical importance of #EarlyYears nutrition, shaping life long health & wellbeing www.parliament.uk/business/lor...

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Fuse academic @lakenutrition.bsky.social has joined @oha-updates.bsky.social and a host of leading health organisations and individuals in welcoming government reforms to the planning system, preventing new hot food takeaways from opening where children learn and play. 🔽 fuse.ac.uk/news/reforms...

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"Childhood obesity isn’t just a public health issue: it’s a national disgrace." Read this #BMJ article by my Obesity Health Alliance colleague @katfoodjenner.bsky.social There is so much more work to be done before Oct 2025 & a lot of it around public misinformation. www.bmj.com/content/387/...

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This was a very good day! Have enjoyed being part of the @thenhsa.bsky.social & pushing forward with our Nutrition North collaborative working across the Northern Region. Look forward to further collaboration in 2025.

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Yesterday, in our #TUDietetics lecture, we had a very special guest lecturer! @dollyvantulleken.bsky.social joined us remotely to talk through her newly published report #NourshingBritain. www.nesta.org.uk/report/nouri... @nestauk.bsky.social @teessideuni.bsky.social @impurbanhealth.bsky.social

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Final teaching session of the year to #TUdietetics on energy drinks where I get to speak about a live #publichealthnutrition policy & one in which I have #livedexperience of creating the evidence base with Shelina Visram & other @fuseonline.bsky.social colleagues

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When you have a lecture on nutrition policy to #dietetics students this document is very handy! Thank you @henrydimbleby.bsky.social & @dollyvantulleken.bsky.social #TUDietetics

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Instead of sending Xmas cards we are donating to our small charity, #TheDavidAshwellFoundation, in memory of our eldest son David who died when he was 15 days old from a #raredisease called #ACD. Support us fund research into this condition affecting newborns wonderful.org/pay?fndr=384

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🆕 BMJ investigation explores the influence of food and drink brands over school breakfast clubs. 🔎 Greater scrutiny is needed to stem the tide of unhealthy options facing children in the places they spend their time: www.bmj.com/content/387/...

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We are here!!! @teessideuni.bsky.social watching the British Dietetic Association Research Symposium livestream #BDAResearch Wonderful welcome from Chair British Dietetic Association @dietitiansusan.bsky.social

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Job opportunity: postdoc at @liverpooluni.bsky.social with Dr Charlotte Buckley on @nihr.bsky.social funded NOURISH project (Nutrition, Obesity and Unhealthy food Relationships in food Insecure populations: Systems modelling of Health-related policies and outcomes) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR046/r...

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Important paper from @emmaboyland.bsky.social and others around measuring #FoodInsecurity #stigma ping @jo-annesmith.bsky.social @emmalgiles.bsky.social @helenjmoore.bsky.social

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The Government has sent a clear message to the food & drink industry that the days of advertising unhealthy food to children on TV before 9pm or any time online are over. This is the first step to consigning advertising of unhealthy food to the dustbin of history www.gov.uk/government/n...

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