Jessica Meeker

More radical than most... 💥

The way to tackle obesity in the UK is to make healthy food affordable. But the government won’t admit it | Zoe Williams We can’t fix this crisis with vouchers, loyalty cards or supermarket displays. Either prices have to come down or incomes have to go up, writes Zoe Williams

"Prices have to come down or incomes have to go up.
It’s amazing how many words a government paper can put into not saying that."

Great article in the #Guardian on the new Obesity policy.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ooh yes please!!!

Oh Dan I can just hear your excitement from here.
Looks like an amazing trip x

@stuartgillespie.bsky.social A ride you know well!

Cap de Formentor!!

Epic day cycling this iconic route.

The killer mountains were worth it for the incredible views.

Once again, profit before people 😔

Happy Birthday Stevie!

A veritable smorgasboard of hits.

Superstition is the only song I will consider butchering at Karaoke 🎶

Yum!

It was so great!!

This is a photo of Stuart Gillespie.

Join us for the launch of ‘Food Fight: From plunder and profit to people and planet’ – a book by food and nutrition expert @stuartgillespie.bsky.social that shines a light on the evolution of our global food systems.

29 April at 16:00 at IDS and online.

Book now: www.ids.ac.uk/events/food-...

Facing our elephants in the room as we confront cuts to global research – Part 1 - Institute of Development Studies During a recent meeting in Kenya that celebrated the ESRC FCDO Raising Learning Outcomes Research programme (RLO)

⚖️ Equity in Research Partnerships ⚖️

This blog builds on the discussions on equitable research partnerships and asks (amongst other things) the question "Equity for what and for whom?"

Particularly pertinent in the current climate.

Have a read... 📖

PLAYBOYS ARE BACK!! 🙌🙌And it's my birthday.

Does it get any better?? 🤩

Healthy diet now unaffordable for billions including 48% of world’s children: Save the Children analysis www.savethechildren.net/news/healthy...

Listening to my 7yo daughter chatting to herself in the bath...
"Welcome to the BBC news. The puffin population has gone up, the war in the Ukraine has stopped and Putin has stopped being a poo!"

Best news broadcast I've heard for ages.

I'm channeling her optimism ❤️

Great pledge!
Question, what do you do to repair old shoes or keep them going longer?

Great to see the first phase of restoration work has begun on Madeira Terrace #brighton. It's the longest continuous ironwork structure in the world but it's also a beautiful and much-loved part of the seafront

Is this a hybrid event?
The link posted doesn't seem to work...?

Ooh me too please 💚

Great issue of Food Fight Files this month from @stuartgillespie.bsky.social

Particularly poignant section on the dangers of circularity within the food system / big pharma.

Check it out 👇

Perfect spring day in #NYC

In NYC this week for #UNCSW69 with this incredible group of women.

Here to share some emerging findings on how to ensure women and youth are at the heart of the clean energy transition.

More here 👇
www.ce4dev.org

Happy Birthday!

Little blog on the fundraising we've been doing for the #ME Association.
This cause has a very personal link to me as a very dear friend of mine has been severely affected by this disease.

Thanks to @thewestonmale.bsky.social for describing me as an 'athlete' 💪🤣

Ps. Dad's oversized shirt with a belt does a good smock... And take small people figurines as tiny people.

We are also feeling the joys of last minute WBD costume planning!

Hope George the giant has a great day.

And still the rhetoric that people are 'cheating the system'.
Made me think of your great graphic on how much benefit fraud costs v big corporation tax fraud, yet this is always the scapegoat.

Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program The Demographic and Health Surveys were the only sources of reliable information in many countries on metrics such as mortality, nutrition and education.

Not DHS too 😔

Of all the hideous news coming from the Trump administration, this one hits hard.

DHS data is particularly essential in nutrition programming and policy.

The impact of pulling this vital resource is unfathomable.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/h...

Institute of Development Studies on LinkedIn: #beijing30 #uncsw #csw69 #ce4dev New event: Where are the women?🚨 As we progress towards a world with clean energy at its heart, women and youth are being left behind and marginalised in the…

Going to UN CSW next week??
Come join us for this exciting event to hear from an incredible set of speakers 👇👇👇

www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...

Arguably the best day of the year! 🥞