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richpatter.bsky.social
Public health scientist.
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The dry stone wall metaphor for systematic reviewing. "Whereas the conventional systematic reviewer’s task is statistical (to summarise data), the dry stone wall reviewer’s task is interpretive (to make sense of those data)."

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Living in more walkable neighbourhoods with lower availability of takeaway food outlets is associated with lower adiposity and improved trends over time. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

ICYMI: Our new paper on the impact of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy is out. 19 months after implementation, we found that households purchased 7.5g less sugar from soft drinks compared to expected - equivalent to a 2.6% reduction. nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

We are looking for a data scientist to help us process and combine GPS and PA data, could it be you or someone you know? Deadline 18 Feb www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49988/

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment