‘If all else fails, sue.’ This is an astounding new report. We know that big food companies deliberately engineer and market unhealthy products so that we eat too much of them, too often. And lots of you will have seen that this is why multiple lawsuits are beginning in the USA. But what you probably didn’t realise is that it isn’t just people who are harmed by unhealthy food who are using the law. The companies who make unhealthy food are doing it too. But on a MUCH bigger scale...🧵 theguardian.com/society/2026…

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New RCT from Oklahoma State University examines the metabolic effects of a 6-month UPF reduction intervention in 52 free-living healthy adults. Key outcomes for now: 📉 UPF share of diet: 63.8% ➡️ 41% of TEI 📉 Energy intake: -320 kcal/day. mdpi.com/2674-0311/5/3/49

Nearly a third of the government’s nutrition advisors still have “significant” ties to the food industry, including Coca Cola, reveals our new investigation. Despite a new code of conduct banning links, members with ties are allowed to remain in post bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026…

"Conflicts of interest like this weaken public confidence." A new investigation from The BMJ reveals that a third of the UK government's nutrition advisors are still paid by the food industry. @DoctorChrisVT joins us to discuss. Read the full story now: bit.ly/4r5mgcP

Privileged to contribute to this piece for @bmj_latest and @Abi_Rimmer. Tears can come from many aspects of work. Lots of work to do in the NHS

Just celebrated my 12th wedding anniversary and remembered @xandvt and @DoctorChrisVT asking the priest if they had one soul or two. When science meets faith.

One of the best expressed pieces I have ever read to bring ultra processed food products under the radar of being “unsafe” .The FSS Act definition of unsafe tries to accommodate it but it never got the attention it needed. @Astro_Radifah You named what our food law still cannot see: the pack that passes every test and still works against the body. Thank you for writing this with a technologist’s honesty. Lovely to see a food technologist say this in public so cleanly. Processing is not the enemy. Design for the bliss point is. An orange and a glass of juice can look alike on a label. The body knows the difference. Such an Important piece , You also asked the harder question: what happens when nothing illegal has been added, and the product is still designed to be over-eaten? That is the gap between “Eat Right” and “Eat Real” @IndiaToday I am very concerned about these UPF products get in the halo of “Eat Right” where FSSAI partners with the bliss point engineering food industry and they promise some voluntary reductions in salt, sugar or fats which are not just meaningless but remain harmful. We need to get it right in our language at least - Say Eat Real Not Eat Right. Each @fssaiindia officer must read @Tukaram_IndIAS A must read for the global community as well and share across. @PhilBakerNZ @CMonteiro_USP @MarkLawrence_Oz @GyorgyScrinis @SBarquera

#OPINION | The halwai is raided for adulterated laddoos, the engineered snacks get a shelf Read @Astro_Radifah's opinion. She is a food and biotechnologist. indiatoday.in/opinion/story/…

Keep meaning to say ... I'll be talking about The New Dark Ages in Edinburgh on Wednesday. Spend a cheerful evening thinking about declining literacy, the end of democracy and the reversal of the Enlightenment. Fun for all! There are still tickets left! thetimes.com/timesplus/event…

Today in the Times of India, I write on FSSAI's red hexagonal warning label and advertising restrictions. Seeking freedom from deception of food industry as conceptualised by Nobel Laureate @JosephEStiglitz On FOPL 1.A step forward—but the "two or more" nutrients threshold is a gaping loophole.A product with large amounts of sugar but low fat? NO WARNING. Read why that's unacceptable 👇 2. The Supreme Court asked for a warning that screams the truth.”One point larger" than tiny back-of-pack font? That's a whisper.Mexico has larger point-sized warnings. India must do the same. 3. “Added sugar" only? No. ICMR-NIN Table 15.1 specifies thresholds for TOTAL sugar and TOTAL fat per 100g. FSSAI is cherry-picking science to favour industry. 4. The Supreme Court said delays are unacceptable and We agree. FSSAI should use draft notification of 2022 and amend it to finish this work in 3 months. The September 10 hearing is our hope We the people Demand: ✅ ANY nutrient triggers a warning ✅ Total (not "added") nutrients ✅Bold and large font size ✅ warning in English and Hindi ✅ Avoid new process @NAPiIndia @nupurbidla @RemaNagarajan @Mukesh_k @sayantanbera @KavitaDatt @chetanabelagere @SumiSukanya @ratnabhushanET @AnujaJaiswalTOI @sonalkhetarpal7 @RPrasad12 @PTI_News @ANI @zubeda_h @RujutaDiwekar @virsanghvi @ravishndtv @foodpharmer2 @chetanecostani @BShajan @d_s_thakur @AnantBhan @PhilBakerNZ @CMonteiro_USP @MarkLawrence_Oz @GyorgyScrinis @SBarquera @DoctorChrisVT @PMOIndia @NITIAayog @PressCouncil_IN @MoHFW_INDIA @MoIB_Official @JPNadda @MPNaveenJindal @dr_sivaranjani @3SandOurHealth

#BreakingGround with @vedikas | India wanted red flags on sugary drinks, chips. Food giants pushed back NDTV's Vedika Sud speaks to Pediatrician Dr Arun Gupta, to discuss this and more

Great piece of writing by @kitty__drake in @guardian about what’s happened to ice cream

Yes and I’m in it!!

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“ For decades food companies have employed scientists to work out how to keep you eating without stopping long enough to remember you have a body... …By contrast, the selling point of Magnum’s new ice-creams seems to be they will keep you laser-focused on your own body.” A magnificent piece on ice cream in today’s @guardian by @kitty__drake - one of the best food articles I’ve read. theguardian.com/food/ng-inte…

"At the show were also seven wholesalers selling chocolate bars, crisps, and sweets, one of which had a display stand full of bags of Walkers crisps, Lucozade, Mars bars, and Kit Kats, with a sign saying “Please help yourself.” Five ice cream firms were present, four soft drinks companies, and other suppliers that make items including pizzas and cake mixes and confectionery vending machines." Incredible investigation of the UK’s biggest school food show by @bmj_latest with @BiteBack2030 - unhealthy food is very much on the menu for kids. bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026… @BiteBack2030

Extremely helpful from a policy perspective @Moveribfan @SBarquera @DoctorChrisVT

RT @MayorofLondon: For years, London's children’s lungs lagged behind. Now they’re catching up. A major new study shows the ULEZ cut expos…

London’s clean air zone linked to improvement in children’s lung health ft.trib.al/8aS7mdA

Coming Friday on the Mishal Husain Show 🔽🔽