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Changes in household food and drink purchases following restrictions on the advertisement of high fat, salt, and sugar products across the Transport for London network: A controlled interrupted time series analysis
Yau, Amy; Berger, Nicolas; Law, Cherry; Cornelsen, Laura; Greener, Robert; Adams, Jean; Boyland, Emma J.; Burgoine, Thomas; de Vocht, Frank; Egan, Matt; Er, Vanessa; Lake, Amelia A.; Lock, Karen; Mytton, Oliver; Petticrew, Mark; Thompson, Claire; White, Martin; Cummins, Steven (2022-02-17)Background: Restricting the advertisement of products with high fat, salt, and sugar (HFSS) content has been recommended as a policy tool to improve diet and tackle obesity, but the impact on HFSS purchasing is unknown. ... -
Changes in the number of new takeaway food outlets associated with adoption of management zones around schools: A natural experimental evaluation in England
Rahilly, John; Amies-Cull, Ben; Chang, Michael; Cummins, Steven; Derbyshire, Daniel; Hassan, Suzan; Huang, Yuru; Keeble, Matthew; Liu, Bochu; Medina-Lara, Antonieta; Mytton, Oliver; Rogers, Nina; Savory, Bea; Schiff, Annie; Sharp, Stephen J.; Smith, Richard; Thompson, Claire; White, Martin; Adams, Jean; Burgoine, Thomas (2024-03-19)By the end of 2017, 35 local authorities (LAs) across England had adopted takeaway management zones (or “exclusion zones”) around schools as a means to curb proliferation of new takeaways. In this nationwide, natural ... -
‘Complexity’ as a rhetorical smokescreen for UK public health inaction on diet
Savona, Natalie; Thompson, Claire; Smith, Dianna; Cummins, Steven (2020-04-30)‘Complexity’ is theorised as a characteristic of modern food systems that poses a challenge to improving population diets. This paper seeks to explore the discursive deployment of ‘complexity’ in the context of public ... -
Escaping the Red Queen: Health as a corporate food marketing strategy
Cuevas, Soledad; Patel, Nishali; Thompson, Claire; Petticrew, Mark; Cummins, Steven; Smith, Richard; Cornelsen, Laura (2021-12-01)Public health advocates highlight the role of corporate actors and food marketing in shaping diets and health. This study analyses insider-oriented communications in food industry magazines in the UK to analyse actions and ... -
Food banking and emergency food aid : expanding the definition of local food environments and systems
Thompson, Claire; Smith, Dianna; Cummins, Steven (2019-01-07)If current trends in food insecurity continue then the diets of low-income people may become characterised by the inclusion of significant amounts of donated and surplus food accessed via the third-sector. These developments ... -
Media representations of opposition to the ‘junk food advertising ban’ on the Transport for London (TfL) network: A thematic content analysis of UK news and trade press
Thompson, Claire; Clary, Christelle; Er, Vanessa; Adams, Jean; Boyland, Emma; Burgoine, Thomas; Cornelsen, Laura; de Vocht, Frank; Egan, Matt; Lake, Amelia A.; Lock, Karen; Mytton, Oliver; Petticrew, Mark; White, Martin; Yau, Amy; Cummins, Steven (2021-05-27)Background Advertising of less healthy foods and drinks is hypothesised to be associated with obesity in adults and children. In February 2019, Transport for London implemented restrictions on advertisements for foods and ... -
Public acceptability of proposals to manage new takeaway food outlets near schools: cross-sectional analysis of the 2021 International Food Policy Study
Keeble, Matthew; Adams, Jean; Amies-Cull, Ben; Chang, Michael; Cummins, Steven; Derbyshire, Daniel; Hammond, David; Hassan, Suzan; Liu, Bochu; Medina-Lara, Antonieta; Mytton, Oliver; Rahilly, John; Rogers, Nina; Savory, Bea; Smith, Richard; Thompson, Claire; White, Christine M.; White, Martin; Burgoine, Thomas (2024-04-19)Global trends indicate that takeaway food is commonly accessible in neighbourhood food environments. Local governments in England can use spatial planning to manage the opening of new takeaway outlets in ?takeaway management ... -
Restricting the advertising of high fat, salt and sugar foods on the Transport for London estate: Process and implementation study
Meiksin, Rebecca; Er, Vanessa; Thompson, Claire; Adams, Jean; Boyland, Emma; Burgoine, Thomas; Cornelsen, Laura; de Vocht, Frank; Egan, Matt; Lake, Amelia A.; Lock, Karen; Mytton, Oliver; White, Martin; Yau, Amy; Cummins, Steven (2022-01-05)Introduction One in five UK children aged 10–11 years live with obesity. They are more likely to continue living with obesity into adulthood and to develop obesity-related chronic health conditions at a younger age. ... -
Sociodemographic differences in self-reported exposure to high fat, salt and sugar food and drink advertising: a cross-sectional analysis of 2019 UK panel data
Yau, Amy; Adams, Jean; Boyland, Emma; Burgoine, Thomas; Cornelsen, Laura; de Vocht, Frank; Egan, Matt; Er, Vanessa; Lake, Amelia; Lock, Karen; Mytton, Oliver; Petticrew, Mark; Thompson, Claire; White, Martin; Cummins, Steven (2021-04-07)Objectives: To explore sociodemographic differences in exposure to advertising for foods and drinks high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) and whether exposure is associated with body mass index (BMI). Design: Cross-sectional ...