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Despite being both effective at reducing consumption of food and non-alcoholic beverages, nudges are far less likely to be
implemented than non-nudge price-based interventions, review by @marteautm et al finds, suggesting policymakers are missing a trick: buff.ly/JGJCDFl
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New paper @socscimed doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.…
using four rapid reviews of evidence on whether #nudges need a regulatory push. @NickJChater @DollyvanT @pierrechandon @petticrewmark @nesta_uk @felly500
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100+ countries have implemented taxes on sugar sweetened beverages, and 40+ have implemented taxes on unhealthy foods.
No country has implemented size-based interventions; we found 20 sub-national reports of size-based interventions, with only one involving regulation. 5/6
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Theresa Marteau retweeted
New analysis: it is possible and affordable to halve obesity by the end of the decade, if governments implement the most effective high impact, low cost solutions.
Today we launch Nesta's blueprint for halving obesity: telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11… @camillahmturner @Telegraph
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Blueprint – with its focus on creating healthy food environments – allows policy-makers for the first time to compare effects & costs of policies that together could tackle obesity in all communities. Potential game-changer in an area that has eluded effective action for decades.
Produced in collaboration with leading UK academics, our new toolkit evaluates the cost and impact of different obesity policies. For the first time, it's possible to identify the most effective routes to pursue, and at what scale: nesta.org.uk/feature/nestas-…
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Two-thirds - the Goldilocks measure for beer drinking?
A case well made by @guardianscience
Read our study here
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British beer drinkers, face the truth: a pint is too big, a half is too small – all hail the two-thirds measure | Elle Hunt theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Theresa Marteau retweeted
Interesting to hear supportive comments from @edvaizey about the implications of our pint measures study on #PoliticsLive journals.plos.org/plosmedici…
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Full study findings
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Pubs sold 10% less beer when they switched to glasses holding two thirds of a pint — and that may help prevent disease, researchers believe ⬇️ thetimes.com/uk/science/arti…
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Novel intervention to help improve our ailing health
@IPPR @UK_AHA @AlcoholChangeUK @OHA_updates @felly500 @ADMBriggs @petticrewmark
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New Publication @PLOSMedicine: removing the largest serving for draught beer - the imperial pint - reduced volume of beer sold in pubs by 10%
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⛅️Removing the largest serving of draught beer – the Imperial Pint - in pubs, bars and restaurants reduces the volume of beer sold by 10% @PLOSMedicine journals.plos.org/plosmedici…
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Delighted to be a keynote speaker for #EHPS2025 in Groningen with Prof Ellen Smets @SabineSonnentag Dr Justin Presseau
I am very honoured and excited to serve as scientific committee co-chair, together with @ValMorrisonProf, for #EHPS2025. Today, we are proud to announce the keynote speakers for next year's conference in Groningen:
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New – 16 pilots aimed to inc v low rates of self-isolation in poorest areas gov.uk/government/publicatio…
No evident impact.
Self-isolation = core to realising ÂŁ22bn #TestTraceIsolate.
Two lessons for Module 7 @covidinquiryuk
1. Interventions = evidenced
2. Robust evaluations = default
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More details on the two lessons for @covidinquiryuk
“The absence of robust evaluations of major government projects is a norm that needs to change.”
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Theresa Marteau retweeted
Join leading practitioners, academic thinkers & policy experts for our Annual Conference 2024
@HenryDimbleby will deliver the keynote & discuss the impact of food systems on society, in conversation with Deborah Prentice, Vice-Chancellor, @Cambridge_Uni
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Theresa Marteau retweeted
Our study of the effect of removing larger #wine measures in pubs and bars is now out @PLOSMedicine. Well worth all that skulking around #pubs with measuring jugs 👇
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Just another late Tuesday night surreptitiously verifying alcohol serving sizes in pub toilets #alifescientific #cuttingedgeresearchmethods #wineoclock
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