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I'm shortly going to be advertising for a new post (PDRA) in my team at Mohn Centre for Children's Health and Wellbeing (Imperial College London) to contribute to quantitative analysis of diet, health inequalities and transitions into employment in young adults.

This is super interesting. The last one I can read fluently is 1600. I can then still read it and figure out (almost) every word, with some puzzling, but then lose it almost completely at 1200. www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

PhD studentship: Investigating the links between physical activity, cognitive function and mental health in young people www.imperial.ac.uk/school-publi...

Pyramid pie (creator: unknown)

Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other. Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq

🤔 How accurate are your fitness trackers? Activity trackers can overestimate activity and misclassify sleep stages – but how accurate are they in real life? The Oxford Wearables Group is running a real-world study to find out. 🙌 And we need YOUR help!➡️ bit.ly/3X3tvnI

Very sad stats about the negative mental health effects of PhD study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Interested in a PhD in 'Social Inequalities and Adolescent Health Behaviours' (for Oct 2026)? See here for a PhD jointly supervised with Prof Jessica Barrett, MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge www.cam-dtp.ac.uk/students/cur... 🛟🧪@socsocmed.bsky.social

Further discussion of our study which highlights that a group of young adults not entering full-time employment by age 24 (ALSPAC) had the worst cardiometabolic outcomes at this age. www.imperial.ac.uk/news/269613/...

Movement matters so, for me, a physically active commute by bike means accomplishing two goals at once. I live close enough to work to do this but there are other ways our workplaces can support #PhysicalActivity & #health Via @ca.theconversation.com theconversation.com/how-employer... #MakeYourMove

📝Individual socioeconomic inequalities (based on education and employment trajectories) in cardiometabolic health can already be identified at age 24. The Part-time Employment group showed worst cardiometabolic health. #inequalities #earlyadulthood @laura-howe.bsky.social @adh30.bsky.social

Interested in developing your career in archives management?  Keen to contribute to delivering a high quality service to archive users, and a great communicator? This role could be for you. Further information: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/archive...

Big Doughnutty News. Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Anyone interested in discussing putting together an adolescent sleep symposium at ISBNPA? #sleeppeeps #sleepscisky 🛟

Interested in a PhD in 'Social Inequalities and Adolescent Health Behaviours' (for Oct 2026)? See here for a PhD jointly supervised with Prof Jessica Barrett, MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge www.cam-dtp.ac.uk/students/cur... 🛟🧪@socsocmed.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing everyone at SSM next week! Let me know if you're going to be there and would like to catch up!

oh hey, likes/reposts of reposts is here!

Our latest paper led by Oscar Rousham finds three trajectories of diet quality across adolescence and early adulthood. We find independent contributions of both parental SEP and individual education years to odds of following different trajectories in data from Western Austr. doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...

Our latest paper led by Oscar Rousham finds three trajectories of diet quality across adolescence and early adulthood. We find independent contributions of both parental SEP and individual education years to odds of following different trajectories in data from Western Austr. doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...

I genuinely had to go and find the paper that explains this illusion before I could see any circles!

What you see when you look at this image depends on the culture you grew up in. The question is: Are you shocked to hear that some people see rectangles or circles? That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti...

"Young people need to get angry about inequalities" Michael Marmot at #INRICH

Very much enjoying the start of my first #INRICH conference. Dame Margaret Whitehead speaks about misinformation and child health.

Are you passionate about health, inequalities and the role of social and economic factors? We are looking for an Analyst to join our Healthy Lives team. Find out more and apply by 23.59 on 29 May ⬇ https://bit.ly/4j4sZhN

Further evidence that diets are pretty stable through later adult life (British Whitehall II cohort study). Nice paper from Mengmei Wang et al. @ucl.ac.uk showing UPF trajectories and links to CVD and CHD. Reinforces the need to develop healthy dietary behaviours earlier in life.

ECR Research Fellowships available at Imperial... more info here: www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and... Happy to chat about areas of research linked to my own.

For anyone who couldn't make our webinar yesterday, it is now available to watch here: isbnpa.org/sig/may-1-20...

Starting in 5 minutes...

Final reminder - our webinar on The influence of physical activity and nutrition on mental health in children, families, and young adults is tomorrow.

This Thursday at 4pm (UK time)!

Learn all about the latest activities from the #ISBNPA Young Adults SIG! @eleanorwinpenny.bsky.social 👉 isbnpa.org/sig/young-ad...

ISBNPA Webinar, 1st May 4pm (UK): "The influence of physical activity and nutrition on mental health in children, families, and young adults: A Joint SIGs webinar" Speakers: Prof Andy Smith, Felipe Barret Schuch, and Lu Yang Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @isbnpa.bsky.social

Remember the "Highlights" that some Elsevier journals require? Dean Karlan and friends developed an amazing way to troll them: haikus!

ECR Research Fellowships available at Imperial... more info here: www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and... Happy to chat about areas of research linked to my own.

📝with Tanya Braune, @jeanmadams.bsky.social, @katmlivingstone.bsky.social looking at change in fruit and veg intakes across 16-30y in the UK (UKHLS) and Australia (HILDA). Fruit intake goes down, while veg intake rises. Development of inequalities by sex seen in Australia only. rdcu.be/eggUt

Very pleased to be starting some new work, with colleagues at Imperial, Sheffield and Exeter, to evaluate the use of Individual Placement and Support to help young adults with mild-moderate mental illness into employment www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/news/stories... @nihrsphr.bsky.social

The weather for Saturday is looking better than ever 😅. If you’ve been thinking about joining a #TeslaTakedown protest but haven’t, this Saturday’s Global Day of Action is the day to do it. There are at least nine events happening across the UK. Please share if you’re interested. 🧵 1/11

#London folks! Come join us and protest Elon Musk this Saturday, 22 March. You know you want to! #TeslaTakedown

Really great job going @resfoundation.bsky.social for a housing policy expert! www.resolutionfoundation.org/about-us/opp...

Job: Closing 18/3/25. 3 year post, experienced scientist (NB: not new postdoc) to work in the areas of health inequalities, social determinants, climate & health www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA604/r.... Please share widely

Anything going on in Cambridge? #teslatakedown ?

Who is most likely to experience 'erratic pay'? - Young workers - Workers on temporary contracts - Workers in hospitality, recreation and leisure, banking, and retail - Low-paid workers

📯 Final day!📯 2 chances to apply for free places to our 2025 conference in Bradford Research summary competition (see below) + free place scheme bit.ly/4g2w8gs Deadline: 23:59 (GMT), Monday 3 March 2025

Living in more walkable neighbourhoods with lower availability of takeaway food outlets is associated with lower adiposity and improved trends over time. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

"Selection bias: where are we now?" Incredibly excited to announce the next Causal Inference Interest Group seminar with @haidonglu.bsky.social will take place on 10th March 2025 at 3pm GMT (11am EDT). Don't miss this one! Register at: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #EpiSky #CausalSky #CIIG

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 (Photo @justinng.bsky.social - 2022)

Which universities have the most retracted articles - and the highest retraction rates? For @nature.com, here's a first-of-its-kind analysis of retractions by institutions. Full details in the story. www.nature.com/articles/d41...