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Tanita Northcott

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PhD Candidate at Deakin University, Australia Food policy researcher Lawyer

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A busy week with another newly published paper πŸ“£ Our work in Food Ethics tackles the financialisation of food systemsβ€”showing how ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and intensively produced animal-source foods (ASFs) share common structural drivers. 🧡

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

20.03.2025 23:59 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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🚨 New research using the Australian Ad Observatory reveals how unhealthy food marketing online uses harmful tactics to appeal to kids and parents, and targets young people (18-24)πŸ”πŸ“²

Our finding support a broad prohibition on unhealthy food marketing online.

πŸ“– Read here: lnkd.in/gMVxK36h

06.03.2025 01:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@philbakernz.bsky.social @belindareeve.bsky.social @marklawrenceoz.bsky.social @enriquealpanes.bsky.social

20.01.2025 08:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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No eres tΓΊ, es la industria: la lucha contra los ultraprocesados cae sobre el consumidor y olvida a las empresas Un estudio seΓ±ala que el 86% de las intervenciones para reducir el consumo de estos productos se limita al etiquetado. β€œLos gobiernos pueden y deben hacer mucho mΓ‘s”, seΓ±ala su autora, que lo compara ...

A pleasure to talk to @elpais.com about our recent research in @naturefood.bsky.social πŸ™

Great piece on the limits of current UPF policy approaches that put consumer responsibility ahead of structural measures πŸ™Œ

Our full findings here➑️ nature.com/articles/s43...

elpais.com/salud-y-bien...

20.01.2025 08:44 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Regulation of UPF is mostly voluntary or information based.
Sure, providing information and placing the onus on individuals to make the 'healthy choice' works really well.
Just look at smoking... Oh, wait 😳

16.01.2025 12:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A must-read thread πŸ‘‡
Let’s not get bogged down in the debate around the very concept of β€œUPFs”: replace β€œUPFs” with β€œHFSS foods”, and the findings remain just as valid and spot on.

16.01.2025 07:20 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

New paper from my amazing Deakin (and co) colleagues adding further to the evidence base for a need to expand regulatory scope in our food system in order to transform it

"The strength of action is limited; interventions are skewed towards informational measures to influence consumer choice."

16.01.2025 05:49 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hot off the press!πŸ”₯Our new @naturefood.bsky.social paper asks how have governments regulated ultra-processed foods?

We find a strong skew towards voluntary & information-based (i.e. weak) measures. There is huge potential to expand scope & strength of regulation πŸ‘‡πŸ§΅

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

16.01.2025 01:28 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Just joined BlueSky and couldn't be happier to share this as my first post! Thanks @belindareeve.bsky.social πŸŽ‰

Thrilled to have this paper out!

14.01.2025 22:33 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1