You may have noticed my (apparently) random tweets of patterns and textures, views of the ground like this over the last couple of months. I've been taking these photos most of my adult life, fascinated by the beauty below our feet, natural or man- made, often close up.

Calorie labelling is linked to a 2% average reduction in energy content of menu items, finds research published in @BMJPublicHealth https://t.co/Fyd8xtBvzo #CalorieLabelling #FoodPolicy #PublicHealth @MRC_Epid

(1/4) Despite the introduction of calorie labelling regulations in England in 2022, researchers from the @MRC_Epid, @Cambridge_Uni, have found only a 2% reduction in the energy content of food available at chain restaurants. Read – https://t.co/K8CXbCAEgp

The 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission report warns that global food systems breach planetary limits. @MRC_Epid's Prof. Nita Forouhi was a Commissioner for the report. Read our blog - https://t.co/6pCUVVUXJ0 Watch Nita discuss the report's findings - https://t.co/FRvy5cnvYv

@mandala_food (2/2) The @mandala_food Consortium comprises of researchers from: University of Cambridge (@Cambridge_Uni) University of Birmingham (@unibirmingham) University of Warwick (@uniofwarwick) University of Exeter (@UniofExeter) Learn more -

(1/2) @mandala_food is researching changes in Birmingham's food system. Findings suggest expanding free school meals for all children would yield economic and social benefits and address food insecurity. Check out the teaser film by Good Stories in Food

@NatureFoodJnl Read... 📖the full story here 👉 https://t.co/VjFZePlwAI 🔖 the full paper in @NatureFoodJnl here https://t.co/DpExJZ7FZz 8/8

@NatureFoodJnl 🗺️Location also matters. In the UK, 45% of food is imported, and the overseas biodiversity impact of UK diets is ~20x greater than domestic farming. This is driven by e.g. 🐄beef, 🐑lamb, ☕️coffee, 🍫cocoa, 🍌bananas & other 🥭tropical goods. 5/x

@NatureFoodJnl The LIFE metric links crops, livestock & extinction risk for 30,000 vertebrate land species.

The study, published in @NatureFoodJnl quantifies how agriculture is reshaping habitats worldwide. Full story: https://t.co/VjFZePm4qg 2/x

🌍 New @CamZoology / Mandala research shows scale of species extinction risk driven by food production, with huge differences across foods & regions. Impacts can vary by up to 1,000x depending on what we eat & where it’s produced. Link in thread... 1/x

@GuyPoppy1 @CharlotteHardm3 @BBCr4today @AlexiaSawyer In an accompanying review @martinwhite33, who leads the Mandala consortium, and colleagues set out 27 practical ideas to transform food systems for the better, covering farming, manufacturing, supply chains & what ends up on our plates. https://t.co/8YKrmb8vCf (5/5)

>10 years old but still as relevant - 10 tips for progressing from PhD to PI from @martinwhite33 https://t.co/cNKShAu08x

Karen Hofman and Susan Goldstein cal for G20 to implement health taxes to tackle the rising tide of NCDs. The numbers are staggering, the arguments compelling. https://t.co/WSn2z2deyv

Framework for using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions: Natural experimental approaches are an essential part of the evaluation toolkit.

Webinar: Introducing the updated framework for using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions Fri 23 May 12:00 - 13:15 Register at

School meals, children's health, NHS and more in the spotlight in the latest episode of Unpacking the Evidence. @HLFoodObesity recently called on government to fix our broken food system. 🎧 Hear from Lords members as they debate the committee's report https://t.co/wgmxB9tlxM

The food industry, sugar tax, advertising and more in the spotlight in the third episode on 'Fixing Our Broken Food System'. Hear from Baroness Walmsley and Lords members as they debate @HLFoodObesity's report, plus the government’s response. 🎧 https://t.co/wgmxB9tTnk

🎙️How can we make food that is good for health, societies, the planet and the economy? Governments need to develop food strategies that are comprehensive, that cross all government departments and really take a holistic view — @martinwhite33 @MRC_Epid https://t.co/tMAXp36NCH

The worldwide failure to tackle the commercial determinants of obesity and NCDs is not a failure of research - scientists have revealed the problems systematically over many years. It is a failure of governance over the free reign of commerce with no care for the consequences

Bans on junk food advertising in outdoor spaces derailed by industry lobbying