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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 to household food shopping practices during the COVID-19 restrictions: Evidence from the East of England
Thompson, Claire; Hamilton, Laura; Dickinson, Angela; Fallaize, Rosalind; Mathie, Elspeth; Rogers, Samantha; Wills, Wendy (2022-11-30)Measures to control the spread of COVID-19 have changed the way we shop for food and interact with food environments. This qualitative study explored food shopping practices in the East of England, a large diverse region ... -
‘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 ... -
Dietary health in the context of poverty and uncertainty around the social determinants of health
Thompson, Claire (2021-10-04)Lower household income has been consistently associated with poorer diet quality and poorer dietary health outcomes. Households experiencing poverty find themselves unable to afford enough food, and the food that they can ... -
Environmental approaches to promote healthy eating: Is ensuring affordability and availability enough?
Monsivais, Pablo; Thompson, Claire; Clifford Astbury, Chloe; Penney, Tarra (2021-03-30)Improving diet is a key goal of public health, as a substantial fraction of global morbidity and mortality is attributable to dietary imbalances. These imbalances include insufficient consumption of vegetables, fruits, and ... -
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 ... -
Hostile Environments: Immigration and Food Poverty in the UK
Hamilton, Laura; Thompson, Claire; Wills, Wendy (University of Hertfordshire, 2022-12-13)As part of The Food Foundation’s wider project to re-shape the public narrative on food and inequalities, this research was commissioned to focus on families with NRPF and food poverty. The aim of this study was to explore ... -
How pharmaceutical and diagnostic stakeholders construct policy solutions to a public health ‘crisis’: an analysis of submissions to a United Kingdom House of Commons inquiry into antimicrobial resistance
Glover, Rebecca; Petticrew, Mark; Mays, Nicholas; Thompson, Claire (2022-01-24)Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is often characterised as a ‘crisis’, requiring action by public, private, and third-sector stakeholders to achieve strategic change. Crisis narratives are powerful and may be co-opted to ... -
The impact of covid-19 and the resulting mitigation measures on food and eating in the East of England: Interim report
Thompson, Claire; Hamilton, Laura; Dickinson, Angela; Fallaize, Rosalind; Mathie, Elspeth; Rogers, Samantha; Wills, Wendy (University of Hertfordshire, 2020-09-15)Measures to control the spread of Covid-19 are impacting food systems, household food practices, and organisations supporting vulnerable people in the UK. We report here on the interim findings of an ongoing qualitative ... -
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 ... -
“The People's Summit”: A case for lived experience of food environments as a critical source of evidence to inform the follow-up to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
Spires, Mark; Battersby, J; Cohen, N; Daivadanam, M; Demmler, K; Mattioni, D; Pradeilles, R; Thompson, Claire; Turner, C; Venegas Hargous, C; Wertheim-Heck, S; Wills, Wendy; Hawkes, C (2023-06-30) -
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 ... -
Testing a faith-placed education intervention for bowel cancer screening in Muslim communities using a two-group non-randomised mixed-methods approach: Feasibility study protocol
Carr, Marimba; Thompson, Claire; Berger-Gillam, Tara; Freedman, Joanne; Smeeton, Nigel; Waqar, Salman; Trivedi, Daksha (2024-03-15)Background Inequalities exist in uptake of bowel cancer screening in England with low uptake in areas with high deprivation and amongst certain ethnic and religious groups. Individuals from these groups are more likely to ... -
Ties that bind: Young people, community and social capital in the wake of the pandemic
Barker, Rhiannon; Rowland, Sophie; Thompson, Claire; Lock, Karen; Hunter, Katie; Lim, Jim; Marks, Dalya (2022-12-01)The connection that young people have to their local neighbourhood and community has been shown to impact on health and wellbeing, particularly for those living in the most deprived areas. We report on a qualitative ... -
Universal Credit: The health impacts for people who are experiencing homelessness
Thompson, Claire; Guise, Andy; Edgar, Rob; Solly, Suzy; Burrows, Martin (Groundswell, 2020-06-01)People who are homeless face challenges in accessing and maintaining Universal Credit which is having a severe impact on physical and mental wellbeing. Groundswell, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and ... -
We need a renewed focus on primary prevention to tackle youth knife violence
Ponsford, Ruth; Thompson, Claire; Paparini, Sara (2019-04-16)A recent spate of youth-on-youth stabbings has prompted renewed public and policy interest in the problem of youth violence in England. Although rates fluctuate, police recorded data for England and Wales to March 2018 ...