Hannah Brinsden

🚨BREAKING NEWS: Shocking health and diet disparities revealed today🚨

🆕Our brand new Health and Diet Inequalities Dashboard makes it clear that the most deprived areas of the country also have the highest rates of disease related to poor diet.

🔍Explore now ➡️ bit.ly/inequalities...

🚨 Health inequalities among children aged under five are widening.

But what can be done to reverse this trend? Our Head of Policy and Advocacy @hannahbrins.bsky.social explores the options in our latest podcast.

🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/3ZqHi9x

Early Years Report 3 launch event

🏛️ We're in @ukparliament.parliament.uk launching our latest report - Boosting Early Years Nutrition to Support a Healthy Childhood!

Speakers include Neil Leitch of @eyalliance.bsky.social @eddiecrouch.bsky.social and @teamlabouruk.bsky.social MP @mayaellismp.bsky.social

🔗 bit.ly/3SwvgY6

Early Years report 3 cover

🚩 Our latest report highlights a lack of investment in early years nutrition is resulting in widespread health & dietary inequalities - creating unnecessary barriers to accessing healthy food.

Investing in our children is good for their health, the economy and our NHS!

Read more: ➡️ bit.ly/3SwvgY6

It's World Obesity Day and the focus is spot on. Our systems are failing us and we're paying the price. From food systems to health systems we need to shift the narrative, role up our sleeves and take bold actions to address the failing systems head on! It might not be easy, but it's essential.

Countries can build environments to prevent #obesity by

🔒 restricting the marketing of unhealthy food
💸 taxing sugary drinks
🚲 making space for safe walking/cycling
🧒 teaching children healthy habits from a young age

Act now for a healthier future for all! #WorldObesityDay

📽️ 'Healthy well-nourished children are the ultimate investment'

Our Executive Director Anna Taylor urging the government to extend access to #FreeSchoolMeals live on @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social

Full clip on @itvx.com ➡️ tinyurl.com/4uc992xk

👶🏻🍼 Why is some #InfantFormula double the price of the cheapest despite having the same nutritional value?

Our Head of Policy & Advocacy @hannahbrins.bsky.social tries to make sense of it in the context of the latest Competition and Markets Authority report.

🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/418tFM6

In @foodfoundation.bsky.social Broken Plate report, there was a section on cost of healthy compared to less healthy foods led by @jhoenink.bsky.social

@hannahbrins.bsky.social and I wrote a new blog post exploring this more.

foodfoundation.org.uk/news/why-hea...

Activist toolkit graphic

🚀 We've launched an Activist Toolkit in the hope of empowering the next generation of campaigners!

Based on our experience it features downloadable templates about:

🕵🏻‍♀️ Working with the media
🏛️ Engaging with policymakers
🤳 Harnessing the power of social media

Check it out: ➡️ bit.ly/3Qn90ih

Whether it's a photo highlighting barriers to accessing healthy food, or the huge price disparities between healthy and less healthy foods, pictures really are worth a 1000 words for showing what needs fixing in our food system!

Numbers only go so far to painting a picture. That's why as part of the @foodfoundation.bsky.social's recent Broken Plate report we asked citizens to tell their story through photos. Such a powerful way to get across the real issues and opportunities for change

foodfoundation.org.uk/broken-plate...

Food Ambassadors with their photo-stories

🖼️ We've launched a #BrokenPlate photo-storytelling exhibition!

It brings to life the realities of families and citizens experiencing #foodpoverty and offers a human perspective on some of the report's key findings.

🔗 bit.ly/4glbxnD

📺 A preview of our 2025 #BrokenPlate report on BBC News tonight!

We've explored the trends impacting the UK's food system and actions needed from policymakers.

The report will be live here tomorrow: ↩️
tinyurl.com/22h6hw65

Looking forward to sharing @foodfoundation.bsky.social's Broken Plate 2025 with you all later this week!

#recipeforchange is calling for a tax on unhealthy food companies... Could this be the opportunity!? 🤞

Love working with @sustainweb.org, @oha-updates.bsky.social, @foodfoundation.bsky.social and other on this!!

It was a great pleasure to chat to @admbriggs.bsky.social , Alison, Antony and Lord Bethell about the opportunities of the new government, especially the food strategy, to really incentivise change in the system and make it easier to access and afford health food!

📢 Can regenerative agriculture deliver sustainable, nutritious food?

We speak to Richard Kipling, a researcher at @ox.ac.uk, working on the @tabledebates.bsky.social Initiative to explore the facts.

🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/423KJVC
#regenerativeagriculture #farming #climate #nature #GHGEs

🗣️ 'Supermarkets should be doing everything they can to keep healthy food affordable... with 10 million struggling to put food on the table'

Our Executive Director Anna Taylor speaking about the threat of rising food prices on @lbc.co.uk

Listen in full: tinyurl.com/58bhv733
#costoflivingcrisis

Field of crops

🧐 Really interesting interview with our Head of Policy and Advocacy @hannahbrins.bsky.social by Dayna Brackley for Bremner and Co website about the role of NGOs in driving systemic change.

So grab a cuppa and enjoy: tinyurl.com/27y4nypx

And having observed, worked in and studied the area for over 15(!!) years, my big takeaway is... do not give up and try to stay optimistic even when change seems unlikely! Every little bit helps chip away and get closer to where we need to be 🥦🍏🍓 @daynabrackley.bsky.social

Thanks to Bremner & Co for inviting me to take part in their blog series! Good opp to reflect on how I ended up in food policy and the twists and turns on the way!
bremnerco.com/in-conversat...

On my way back from #TUKFS25 - A great 2 days with food system researchers from around the UK discussing learnings, findings and next steps for improving our food system. Enjoyed taking part in @futureadvocacy.bsky.social workshop on using research for advocacy- a topic I love to natter about!

Pod Bites: Labour's new Food Strategy The Food Foundation Podcast · Episode

Labour's new food strategy
@foodfoundation.bsky.social @hannahbrins.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4dbh...

And... the new National Planning Policy Framework was published, including advice to precent new fast food outlets from opening near schools..huge achievement and welcome step. Phew! Have a good weekend all! 🍏🍓🥦

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The CMO also published his reports on health in cities, with a focus on health inequalities and whole host of action at national and local level. Great to see a recommendation taxes and mandatory business reporting in there, and some inspiring local case ..studies too! 🍏 www.gov.uk/government/p...

Pod Bites: Labour's new Food Strategy The Food Foundation Podcast · Episode

If you want to here me have a natter about some of this, check out the @foodfoundation.bsky.social podbite this week! open.spotify.com/episode/4dbh...

United Kingdom Food Security Report 2024: Introduction

Then the govt published its food security report which provides insights on the state of national and household food security. A great overview of the impacts of climate and Brexit on production and prices, and in turn on food insecurity and affordability of healthy food www.gov.uk/government/s...

Labour’s National Food Strategy calls for industry coalition to tackle obesity and farming crisis In a briefing with industry bosses yesterday, environment secretary Steve Reed said a coalition would be formed with food sector leaders, academics, charities and key thinkers to create a new way of w...

Steve Reed and DEFRA announced a new food strategy, focused on the food system overall and linking up govt departments. This is so so important as food touches on so many parts of our lives... Let's hope ambition turns to reality over the coming months
www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/labours...

What a week! There's a lot going on in food and health policy at the moment. I'm sure I'm not the only one struggling to keep up! (Not a complaint, it is definitely a good problem to have!)...