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…
Younger people and those with lower socioeconomic position are more exposed to advertising of high fat, sugar and salt products
A new PHI|Lab study published in the BMJ Open found lower socioeconomic groups and younger age groups were more likely to report seeing or hearing advertising for high fat, sugar…
Households buying high volumes of sugary or diet soft drinks linked to low socio-economic status and less healthy food purchases
A new PHI|Lab study published in PLOS Medicine found that households purchasing high volumes of sugary or diet drinks are more likely to have lower socio-economic status, higher body mass…
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,…
Sugar levy did not decrease the domestic sales of UK soft drinks manufacturers
Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes are widely supported by the public and health professionals to reduce the consumption of sugar and thus improve public health. Such policies have generally met with…
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…
Sugar levy had no lasting negative impacts on the UK soft drinks industry
In 2016, the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) was introduced as part of the UK Government’s Childhood Obesity Plan. The levy applies to drinks containing more than 5g of sugar…
UK sugar tax reduces sugar in SSBs
Fiscal interventions aimed at reducing sugar consumption and improving population diet have become increasingly popular in recent years. In April 2018, the UK government introduced the Soft Drinks Industry Levy…
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…
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)…
What do people buy to eat out-of-home in Britain and where do they buy it?
This summary of our recent published study was written by 12-year old Sophie who was visiting LSHTM for a work experience. We at PHI|Lab think she has done a fantastic…
How did the unhealthy food environment evolve in New York City?
PHI|Lab member Nico Berger, in collaboration with the Built Environment and Health Research Group at Columbia University, recently published a study on changes in the unhealthy food environment in New York City….
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…
What processed foods do urban Indians buy?
There have been raising concerns over the increasing consumption of industrially processed foods in low and middle income countries. These foods often increase the overall dietary content of sugars,…
Fat tax or thin subsidy?
Our health depends on what we eat and persistently high levels of obesity, increasing prevalence of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, suggest that we need to…
3-year PhD studentship available
We have a funded (fees + stipend) three-year PhD studentship available for entry October 2019. If you are interested in big data, spatial analysis and the effect of the food…