Clare Whitton PhD

Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK Successive governments criticised for doing ‘virtually nothing’ to reduce risk in the decade since cancer link found

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Feeding Australia: Shaping Our National Food Security Strategy Webinar Join leading food security experts to learn what's at stake and how you can contribute to shaping a national food strategy that truly works for all Australians

Webinar hosted by Sustain on 10th Sept
Feeding Australia: Shaping Our National Food Security Strategy Webinar

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Not sure what health career path is right for you?
Our WA Branch @phaa-wa.bsky.social and the Australian Health Promotion Association will hold a #CareerNight on 3 September at 5.30 – 8 pm AWST in Bentley. Hear from professionals and be inspired. Register: phaa.eventsair.com/wa-student-c...

Transformation to a healthy food system is blocked by three key barriers Nairobi, 1 July 2025 – Despite its critical role in sustaining billions of lives, the global food system fails to deliver for health, rights, and particularly, nature. A report published today by the ...

New report by @unep.org and @chathamhouse.org argues #FoodSystems transformation is hampered by 3 lock-ins:
1️⃣ the “cheap food” paradigm
2️⃣ market concentration (and vested interests of those who benefit from statu quo)
3️⃣ investment path dependencies
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

‘A war of the truth’: Europe’s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action Voters may feel hotter summers are ‘too much’ but they appear to tolerate roll-back of policies to stop global heating

"Too many people in power or with platforms 'have not yet understood that we’re in a war of language – and a war of the truth – about the climate,' she added. 'And too few of us are actively standing in the way of that'."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The study found an association between maternal diet and ADHD. Not causation as the cover headline suggests.

🚨 More than 80 independent nutrition scientists have signed an open letter raising concerns over an industry-backed effort to redefine the Nova food classification system—the very framework that has helped expose the harms of ultra-processed foods (UPFs). 🧵1/7 drive.google.com/file/d/1SDWK...