Though internationally recognised, current body-mass index (BMI) definitions for obesity may not be appropriate for middle-aged and older people (aged 40-80 years), according to research presented at #ECO2024

eco-newsletter.co.uk/study-supports…

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Now that term is over, a lot of you may be planning to start fieldwork, lab projects, or other research activities, but before you start collecting data, you need a #DataManagementPlan
Check out this easy primer from OSF to get started #PlanForOpen help.osf.io/article/144-cr…

Great work from Vicki Jenneson presenting the DIO Food (@FIOFood) #HFSS legislation evaluation project at #digitalfootprints24 !

Learn more about DIO Food here: tinyurl.com/hs4z9ykm

Fran Pontin Dr Emily Ennis Alison Fildes Michelle Morris CDRC #TUKFS #SPFfoodsystems UK Research and Innovation

If you get chance, view my green communication (GC3.026) in which I used repeated measures collected over 13 years in Gemini Study UCL to examine the directionality of associations between appetite & adiposity from infancy to early adolescence #behaviouralsusceptability #ECO2024

Bellissimo! Thoroughly enjoyed presenting our FIO-FOOD Grant work about the cost of living crisis, food insecurity, and use of food preparation and purchasing behaviours in people living with obesity today at EASO in Venice! 🤓🇮🇹 #ECO2024

📢FIO-FOOD Grant are delighted to share our co-produced White Paper! We present #policy & #healthcare actions from our stakeholder workshops, addressing #foodinsecurity in people living with #obesity .

Find our paper here:
osf.io/evc9y

#TUKFS #SPFfoodsystems UK Research and Innovation

I'm really proud to have co-authored this report on #NextGenerationMetrics , working with many brilliant colleagues from LERU universities. It's vital that we find better ways to assess research(ers) and institutions: doing so can promote better research. Please have a look.

Senior Nutritionist
Marks and Spencer
London
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This is interesting - how female reproduction have adapted across species #gender #sex #evolution

Catching up with Will Cawthorn with some fantastic news to share soon 🚹🚺🆕🔜

Fantastic meeting at the University of Edinburgh on sex and gender research - thank you for the invite to speak about gender inequalities in diet and health

Nice to see The Economist has published another letter about AI from me, this time about AI/Medicine
economist.com/letters/2024/0…

Did you know 1/3 of greenhouse gas emissions come from food? This #EarthDay take positive action by playing #PlanetPizza and exploring how your food choices impact the planet.

Free to download: rethinkfood.co.uk/planet-pizza

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In conclusion, we found no evidence of greater day-to-day variance in fasting metabolism of women vs men (using common pre-trial standardisation).

These data do not support the exclusion of a females from a study on the basis of increased variance and reduced statistical power.

Excellent presentation from Gillian Purdon outlining the public health nutrition policy Food Standards Scotland Rowett Institute

In action today at Dynamic Earth sharing insights on Shaping the Science for Scotland’s Food Future Rowett Institute Food Standards Scotland

Feeling inspired that change is possible and investment in prevention from Public Health Scotland and Ruth Glassborow for my team FIO-FOOD Grant to provide evidence to tackle inequalities in living with obesity

Inspirational plenary from Henry Dimbleby to support the Rowett Institute and Food Standards Scotland meeting, Shaping the Science for Scotland’s Food Future

Professor Alexandra Johnstone featured on the Voice of Islam radio drive time show earlier this month to discuss fasting and Ramadan. You can hear the full interview in episode 3595 here: abdn.io/zT #Ramadan #fasting

Sharing our latest FIO-FOOD Grant newsletter here: shorturl.at/hmzJR
Wishing you all a lovely Spring break!
Rowett Institute #foodinsecurity #obesity #TUKFS #SPFfoodsystems