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Advertising restrictions in London reduced household purchases of high fat, salt and sugar products

A new PHI|Lab study published in PLOS Medicine found that the Transport for London restrictions on advertising of high fat, salt and sugar products was associated with a 1001 calorie…

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Laura Cornelsen
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Challenges of engaging with Universal Credit system impact on the health and wellbeing of people experiencing homelessness

King’s College London, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Groundswell explored experiences of Universal Credit (UC) to understand the welfare reform’s impact on people who are homeless,…

Posted on June 22, 2020 by clairethompson
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PHI|Lab Field Trip to Sainsbury’s Online Fulfilment Centre

For the start of 2020 we decided it would be good to get out of the office once in a while and go and see something interesting related to our…

Posted on March 12, 2020 by stevencummins
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We need to pay more attention to the longer term implications of food banking

The UK news this week has been dominated by reports that there are now more foodbanks in the UK than there are branches of McDonald’s. The issue of food poverty…

Posted on December 10, 2019 by clairethompson
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Sweet snacks vs sweet drinks – was SDIL badly targeted?

A recent study involving PHI|Lab‘s Laura Cornelsen and Richard Smith, published in the British Medical Journal modelled the effect of a 20% price increase on sweet snacks (chocolates, confectionery, biscuits)…

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Laura Cornelsen
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Should we have faith in ‘sin taxes’ to help tackle obesity crisis?

Last week Boris Johnson, our potential next Prime Minister, cast doubt on the effectiveness of health-related taxes on foods and beverages to help improve health and promised to put related…

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Laura Cornelsen

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