🐇 When it comes to food delivery, the hare isn’t napping - dark kitchens & online platforms are sprinting ahead while regulation lags behind. Can the tortoise 🐢 catch up? Blog by @helenjmoore.bsky.social on planning for a healthier food environment ⬇️ fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/this...

This will be one of the events of the year - Andy Daly-Smith's inaugural lecture. From Classrooms to Systems: Embedding Physical Activity to Transform School Culture Hybrid event. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

What are ‘dark kitchens’? Have a butchers at our consensus definition paper. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New Coventry takeaway at old shop refused as council raises three concerns uk.news.yahoo.com/coventry-tak...

Round 7 of the NIHR Pre-Application Support Fund is now open, closes 4th Dec - they want applications from public health folk www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/pre-... Applying for Fellowship awards & the like can be daunting & confusing, but support is available - rss-scph-database.ncl.ac.uk/enquiry/cont...

Dr @franhillierb.bsky.social presenting our new @nihrsphr.bsky.social research around #localauthority sponsorship activities (think a certain lorry at Christmas 🎄🎅🏼) Read more here 👇🏼 sphr.nihr.ac.uk/research/und... @fuseonline.bsky.social

Junk food ads banned from Cardiff Council property www.bbc.com/news/article...

Public Health Practitioner (health protection, sexual health, oral health & NHS health checks) Durham County Council Durham £44,075 - £48,226 Closes 28/09 www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Public_H...

Colleagues in the North East who are considering or trying to navigate the Pre-doctoral Journey: You’re Not Alone newcastlehealthresearchpartnership.org/news/navigat... @fuseonline.bsky.social

Ban on junk food ads to go ahead, says council (Vale of Glamorgan). www.bbc.com/news/article...

Shop takeaway blocked over child obesity fears (Sunderland). www.bbc.com/news/article...

Funding for Directors of Public Health and their teams in England. This is your LAST chance to apply for £££ for a Local Authority Research Practitioner. Closes Monday 26th January. sites.google.com/view/nihrrss... @felly500.bsky.social @helenmw66.bsky.social @adphuk.bsky.social pls share.

Tees Urban Nature Network (TUNN) Project Co-ordinator Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council Working across Redcar & Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees & Middlesbrough £39,152 - £40,777 Closes 17/09 www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Tees_Urb...

Does built environment influence how much walking ppl do?? Yes Build it and they will come (walk) www.nature.com/articles/s41... Bit more here www.linkedin.com/posts/liorst...

So you want to be a systems leader? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Systems approaches in public health: beyond mapping the causes ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Making Every Contact Count www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Excellent historical perspective and critique I'm often asked for my thoughts in this space

expert reaction to an observational study comparing teen smoking rates and vaping use across three UK birth cohorts www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react... A more measured response than the breathless, overblown (and at times plain stupid) headlines in last week's press Peter Hajek esp

Paying people to eat healthily and to exercise doesn’t work www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...

A thread on the new training sessions offered by the NIHR RSS Specialist Centre for Public Health delivered by Newcastle University and Partners

Non-Executive Directors x three positions Active Travel England £400 per day x 20 days a year Closes 08/09 apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8915

Public Health Analyst Newcastle City Council Newcastle upon Tyne £39,513 - £43,693 Closes 11/08 www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Public_H...

Greggs to target customers on weight-loss drugs www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Collaboration and Partnerships Officer – You've Got This (Sport England Place Partnership) Employed on behalf of YGT by the Redcar & Eston School Sport Partnership Eston, Redcar & Cleveland £34,000 Closes 27/08 ressp.co.uk/2025/07/23/j...

Blog: What did you eat yesterday?🥣🥪🍝🍏🍫 Dr Kath Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition @york.ac.uk, explores the messy science of measuring what we eat ⬇️ fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/what... @lakenutrition.bsky.social @thenhsa.bsky.social @scottylloyd.bsky.social #FuseBlog

the discussion.

Brilliant to see this important first report from our #NutritionNorth collaboration highlighting the stark dietary inequalities that exist. However we do offer ideas to address these issues.

Northern regions have some of the poorest diets in England, putting people at risk of conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure and preventable diseases. New report @thenhsa.bsky.social with major input from Fuse calls for urgent action to tackle food #inequality 🔽 fuse.ac.uk/news/starkre...

Public Health Officer - Wider Determinants and Wellbeing portfolio and the Quality Healthcare portfolio Newcastle City Council Newcastle upon Tyne £31,586 - £34,314 Closes 01/08 www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Public_H...

The slides from our @fuse_online Thirteenth Fuse Physical Activity Workshop event - Advancing active travel through collaboration - are now available online. fuse.ac.uk/events/physi... #fusePAW

Programme Development Manager - The Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) Durham University Durham £38,249 - £45,413 Closes 21/07 durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Neighbourhood Navigator x EIGHT posts Middlesbrough Council Middlesbrough £35,235- £37,035 Closes 08/07 middlesbrough.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...

PhD studentship: The health and wellbeing benefits of biodiverse greenspace: A case study of green and social prescribing in Newcastle Hospitals Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne Closes 16/07 RP ‪@fuseonline.bsky.social‬ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Research Assistant/Associate in Human Nutrition (brain health and nutrition) Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne £32,546 to £40,497 Closes 27/07 jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

A bit late but #redforresearch from the tropical Whitley Bay.

New funding opportunities from the NIHR Three Schools Prevention Research Programme (see image). sphr.nihr.ac.uk/current-fund...

Webpage and webinar recording: Framework for using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions Details of the framework nees.sphsu.gla.ac.uk Link to the webinar recording youtu.be/9gtYUuLP5AY

Kingston set to ban junk food adverts www.bbc.com/news/article...

Join us tomorrow for the last webinar in our Health and Risk Communication series. Dr Marco Bardus will discuss his research exploring the critical role of risk communication and community engagement in responding to #PublicHealth threats. 🕛12–1pm (zoom) Wed 18 Jun sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Public Health Intelligence Manager Northumberland County Council Morpeth £54,489 - £58,149 Closes 26/06 www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Public_H...

Principal Public Protection Officer (Private Sector Housing) Middlesbrough Council Middlesbrough £43,693 - £48,710 plus £3,500 annual retention payment Closes 26/06 www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Principa...

New research paper published by (among others) colleague Nava Gottlieb! Finds that young people's exposure to unhealthy food marketing varies by age, socioeconomic status, & race/ethnicity. Congrats team on this important work! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

There are a few places remaining for the next webinar in our series for Local Authority colleagues ⬇️ 📢 Introduction to health economics 📅 Monday 7 July 🕧 10:30 - 11am www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-in...

Public Health Officer North Yorkshire Council Northallerton £41,511 to £45,718 Closes 30/06 nycjobs.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Reflections on the Political Challenges of Advancing Active Transport Monday, June 16 In person in Oxford or online www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reflection... CC @transporthealth.bsky.social

Public Health Portfolio Lead - Children and Young People Darlington Borough Council Darlington £45,718 - £48,710 Closes 29/06 www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Public_H...

Health Improvement Practitioner Specialist - Healthy Weight and Physical Activity Northumberland County Council Morpeth £38,626 - £42,708 Closes 22/06 www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Health_I...

Public Health Data Analyst - Apprentice South Tyneside Council South Shields £32,654 Closes 11/06 www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Public_H...

Director of Public Health North Tyneside Council North Tyneside £105,467 Closes 24/06 www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Director...

Excellent contribution to the what % of outcomes are attributable to x, y, z www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Measured & unmeasured life-course factors explain up to 74% of chronic disease accumulation Clinical Lifestyle (term used advisedly!) Early life Socioeconomic All the above interacts 1