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Very inspiring evening at the good food for all event organised by feeding liverpool. Great panel discussion and conversations about the incredible work being done across the city Feeding Liverpool Dr. Naomi Maynard Prof Charlotte Hardman Lucy Antal Prof Matt Ashton FFPH

Another great podcast from the PRAN group. Well worth a listen

Very happy to see a payment from ALCS today for Journal articles published. Well worth signing up as it's free and you make money from your work (I think it may only be work in UK based journals though) alcs.co.uk

Please share! We're looking for pregnant women/women who have been pregnant in the last 2 years to take part in some research in #Liverpool. We'll will develop better information and questions for women around drinking #alcohol in pregnancy. #WomensHealth #NoShame #NoStigma

Today's poverty stats from the DWP are horrendous. 4.3 million children in relative poverty - the highest ever 3.6 million children in absolute poverty - up 300k 2.2 million children living in "food insecure" households 820k children living in households that use foodbanks

Brilliant upcoming event organised by Poverty Research and Advocacy Network (PRAN) and Dr Natalija Atas. I went to one of these events a while back it was a great opportunity to meet others working in this area

On this day 14 years ago, the Child Poverty Act was established with a goal of eradicating child poverty by 2020. However in 2016 the Act was abolished under a new UK Government and the targets were abandoned. Today, one in four children live in poverty in the UK 👧👦👧👦

Really interesting talk by Laura Kudlek about the effectiveness of different weight loss interventions #bfdg2024

A fascinating talk by Courtney Neal about how hunger is experienced by those who are food insecure versus those who are food secure. #bfdg2024

Really useful toolkit set out by Prof Charlotte Hardman for co-production studies. #bfdg2024

BFDG2024 ending with great keynote talk by Prof. Emma Boyland on the impact of food marketing. Definitely time for policy change to protect younger people and the most vulnerable to weight gain #bfdg2024

New paper led by Tom Gough. This questionnaire measures concerns about physical activity as it relates to food insecurity. Ie to what extent do people living with FI worry about energy deficits after exercise? doi.org/10.1016/j.appe… Prof Charlotte Hardman Prof Paul Christiansen

My first piece for The Conversation spotlighting some of our latest research on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): Childhood trauma linked to distrust of healthcare professionals – new research theconversation.com/childhood-trau… Bangor University

Sign the petition to call on the next government to commit to tackling health inequalities and narrowing the health gap, and email your local political candidates to ask them to support our campaign to #MakeHealthEqual. Link here: act.healthequals.org.uk/page/152177/ac…

This is elite campaigning from Labour. Apparently, based on abnormal betting patterns, the campaign team worked out when the next general election was likely to take place and bought all the best advertising space on the daily mail and sun websites. Brilliant

SAVE THE DATE AND JOIN US AT: Inequalities and Health Summit: Call for Action. 📆Tuesday, 29 October 2024 ⏰ 08:30 17:15 📌Creative Campus, Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, L6 1HP pran.org.uk/events/inequal…

There is still time to register for the inequalities in health summit in Liverpool on the 29th October 2024. The deadline for abstract submissions is the 16th September. hope.ac.uk/healthandsport…

New(ish) paper showing that when people experience sudden income loss (as happened during the COVID-19 lockdowns), it is not just affordability that drives reduced diet quality but also distress. Distress alone appears to encourage a less healthy diet. doi.org/10.1016/j.appe…

Glad we’ve booked a weekend of camping. Tents can’t take off with people in them can they? 😂